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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MULTIPLO OPEN SOURCE ROBOTIC KITS Julian da Silva is up to something again. He’s about to turn the open source community on its ear. Julian just launched a new Kickstarter campaign to bring robots to the open source world. He teamed up with some of his friends to form Multiplo LLC., a Florida-based company […]
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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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »You Can Never Have too Many Clamps
YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY CLAMPS – THE C.R.A.P. Factor There is no such thing as too many clamps. Clamps are needed in almost every woodworking project. There are many types of clamps. Parallel jaw clamps, cauls, quick grip clamps. Pipe clamps, Uncle Fester (hand screw) clamps. Right angle clamps, pocket hole clamps. The […]
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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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