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23 Oct 2014 14:47 #9526 by Mr. B

Santa Claus, Father Christmas was created by Mr. B

Currently working on a Santa Claus, Father Christmas face engraved into wood.

Very early stages, these are my thumbnail sketches.

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Zu viele Ideen und zu wenig Zeit

23 Oct 2014 21:48 - 23 Oct 2014 21:52 #9547 by MagIO2

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Just want to let you know ... looking forward to see the next stages. Hope you show us all steps up to the finished piece.

Hopefully you avatar does not eat Santas

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Gruß, Andreas

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24 Oct 2014 23:00 #9593 by Mr. B

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This is my test engraving.

Stepcraft 420
Cutter = two fluted 3 mm ball nose

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24 Oct 2014 23:38 - 24 Oct 2014 23:39 #9594 by Worldhusky

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Nice and a kind of .............. spooky! I like it!

How did you vectorized the sketch?

It's not only about tools it's also about skills!

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24 Oct 2014 23:45 #9595 by Mr. B

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Used illustrator to draw the image, then brought that .ai file into Vectric Aspire,
Then selected individual vectors and applied 3D modelling angles and depths then applied tool paths, exported as mach3 file.

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25 Oct 2014 09:50 #9602 by Worldhusky

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blanthegenius wrote: Used illustrator to draw the image, then brought that .ai file into Vectric Aspire,
Then selected individual vectors and applied 3D modelling angles and depths then applied tool paths, exported as mach3 file.

I see ...... this guy knows what he is doing![/color]

Thanks for the info!

It's not only about tools it's also about skills!

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25 Oct 2014 18:01 #9630 by Rory

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Super advanced stuff here for a STEPCRAFT!! not simple 2D any more. Great stuff - really really really impressive. How long did you take? and 3mill ballnose?

Typically with 3D machining - you have to carry out a "roughing strategy" where the "bulk" materials is removed. Then apply a finishing cut for the details.

This is the most impressive work I've seen done on a STEPCRAFT machine.

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25 Oct 2014 18:13 - 25 Oct 2014 18:15 #9637 by Mr. B

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Cheers Rory,

I want to go deeper with the next version so it's much easier to see.

ROUGHING:
It's 3.5 mm total depth,
we roughed it with the 3 mm ball nose,
1 mm depth of cut,
0.6 mm stepover
Feed rate 600 mm / min
we left 0.5 mm for finishing process this was my roughing.

This took 1 hour 15 mins, but can cut this time down based on the results. Probably go to 0.9 mm stepover and increase feed rate to 800 mm / min.

FINISHING:
0.5 mm depth of cut
with 0.3 mm stepover
Feedrate of 600 mm / min
This also took 1 hour 15 mins. Probably increase the feedrate speed but leave the stepover as is.

The dimensions are approx:
100 mm x 125 mm x 18 mm

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27 Oct 2014 03:16 #9722 by Rory

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You need a bigger CNC...

6 milli ballnose... done in 15

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27 Oct 2014 09:23 #9730 by Mr. B

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Rory wrote: You need a bigger CNC...

6 milli ballnose... done in 15

Yes a bigger machine would be great and my brother and I have talked about this many times. He wants to make one.

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