MAKING TEST PIECES Part 8 In this eigth part of the CNC Sign Projects tutorial series we will be making test pieces for the sign. Since I only had one piece of oak I’d only get one shot at cutting the sign correctly So rather than risk ruining the oak, I put […]
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APPLYING FINISH Part 7 Applying finish to a projects can make or break the entire process. As I previously mentioned, my client provided me with the raw material to make this project. Oak is not the best choice for a sign. Oak has a very strong grain patten which can detract from the details of […]
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MAKE TOOLPATHS Part 6 We now have created all the vectors we will need to complete the CNC sign project. The next step is to make toolpaths for each router bit. When we imported the PhotoVCarve toolpath it also created a Toolpath file under the toolpath tab (to the right of your screen) so we […]
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Part 5 This time we will discuss how to create the rest of the CNC Sign layout using Vectric Aspire. In part 4 of the CNC Sign Projects series we talked about creating Photo realistic Vcarvings using Vectric PhotoVCarve. Vectric Aspire is the flagship of the Vectric line of products. Aspire will allow you […]
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PART 4 This is the fourth blog post about my CNC Sign Projects. I will show how I used Vectric PhotoVCarve to create a CNC toolpath from the Photograph we edited in Adobe Photoshop. Vectric PhotoVCarve allows you to take a Photograph and create a photo-realistic engraving. I have owned PhotoVCarve (PVC) for a while […]
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