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Post by irestore on Mar 25, 2013 17:48:59 GMT -8
Greg,
Sorry, they have a 1/4" model as well. The manufacturer says that it isn't designed for wood rather only brass, aluminum, acrylic, glass.
Ok, that might be something for me to research, later.... So much to learn...
Thanks for your help.
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Post by irestore on Mar 25, 2013 17:51:51 GMT -8
Ok, so I tried to carve this for my Grandson but the results were terrible. 1st post is the picture I created. I thought that that the preview was ok, but as you will see by the 2nd attachment, the results left a lot to be desired. Any insight on where I went wrong & what I should do to try to improve the results is appreciated. Attachments:
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Post by irestore on Mar 25, 2013 17:57:22 GMT -8
Ok, here is what I came up with after 5 hours of carving. 10"x5"x.3750" Scan Step 0.007874 Tood GVee_R 1/32" Feed Depth 1.109 Any help is appreciated. Attachments:
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Post by Greg on Mar 25, 2013 18:14:49 GMT -8
LOL.....LOL....ROTFL....LOL
Your going to do a lot of this until you get it down pat LOL
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Post by Greg on Mar 25, 2013 18:19:24 GMT -8
Its not the machine its the picture LOL, it needs to be manipulated for cutting.LOL
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Post by Greg on Mar 25, 2013 18:27:37 GMT -8
www.dropbox.com/s/sn2g98ndtua1e3i/Toothless%20copy.bmpThats just a negative but it should cut a little better, you can just use the back side of that board for a test. Sometimes I cut right over the old cut as long as you have room away from the bottom. The picture could use some touch ups. The picture looks ok in I-picture with a z setting of .218
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Post by irestore on Mar 25, 2013 20:01:15 GMT -8
Greg,
LOL, well I am glad I was able to bring a little laughter into your day! I on the other had, was not seeing any humor in it last night. But ok, today is another day... Your picture looks so much better, what the heck did you do?
I'll give this a shot tomorrow. Can't wait to see how it comes out.
Thanks so much.
:-)
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Post by Greg on Mar 25, 2013 20:44:41 GMT -8
Thats just a negative or some call it an invert anyway if you want it to do like the pictures that come with the machine so it doesn't have straight up and down sides it'll take a bit more work and its kinda complicated.
This will work too for now just so you cn see the difference. LOL
I wouldn't go over about .300 on the Z because the low spots get too low, if you want the details to really stand out you can put a dark stain on it like walnut I know it's really dark but when it drys real good and you go back and hand sand it the high spots turn white or the color of the wood and the low spots stay the dark color giving you a great contrast.
Also change your inch/mm setting for a sec. and make your scan step .4mm then set it back to inches.
That will make your cut twice as fast with only a minor loss in quality, normally the sanding you do after you stain it will make up for any scruffiness that you might have from that setting.
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Post by irestore on Mar 26, 2013 17:30:23 GMT -8
Greg, thanks so much. Ok, I've got your picture, changed the setting to mm & set it on .4 MM & then changed it back. Set the Z to .218 and left the same bit, GVee_R 1/32". Taking it down to the shop and will give it a shot.
Will report back when done!
(toes & fingers crossed.......)
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Post by irestore on Mar 26, 2013 19:59:58 GMT -8
Ok, here is a picture the project using Greg's picture. Much better indeed. I'll see what I can do with some stain to improve upon it even further. Stay tuned... Attachments:
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Post by Greg on Mar 26, 2013 20:38:17 GMT -8
What is that line I keep seeing at the top there? are you pausing the machine? if yes don't do that it gets off by a few thousands.
If not you may have and issue with the machine.
You'll need to let the stain dry over night so you don't just smear it with the sand paper, I use anything from 80 grit to 120 grit paper.
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Post by irestore on Mar 27, 2013 16:27:33 GMT -8
Greg,
I don't know myself. I am not pausing the machine and unaware that it is pausing itself. It looks like a "shelf" and runs all across the board.....
I stained the dragon last night a dark color & will stain the background tonight a lighter color to increase the contrast. Will post picture when done.
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Post by Greg on Mar 27, 2013 16:42:06 GMT -8
I have never stained two tone, I just sand the stain off the high spots so the dark stain in the low spots stay there.
There are videos on utube about doing this.
I blew the picture up and found several spots that need fixing in the picture.
That might be whats causing your line, does it do it on other pics or just this one?
Also do you have a photo program so you can work on pictures?
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Post by Greg on Mar 27, 2013 16:48:02 GMT -8
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Post by Rick on Mar 28, 2013 5:08:10 GMT -8
I called in a week or so ago for the disc with 500 images that Oliverman mentioned, and was told that while they are shipping the disc out with new machines they haven't decided to how to send them out to existing users. I asked to be put on a list, and while the gal took my info she said there was no list. Still waiting to hear if I'll get the disk or not.
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