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Good Day Crew!
Well, since the CNC I want is a little over $4,000, and I won’t be able to buy it until early next year I decided to do it the “Old Fashion” way
Steps:
1) Find Picture
2) Use the carbon paper to trace it on the wood
3) Secure wood to bench with carpet tape
4) Use a variety of bits in the Dremel and the DeWalt DWP611 Router
5) Have fun carving
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The Flexcut Knife and Gloves are for carving stuff in Basswood, like caricatures.
Hahaha. I like the “old fashioned”. What project are you working on with this setup Wigwag?
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Go dude! Let’s see what you make. Believe it or not right now I have no interest. I feel like it’s cheating so your. Way looks better!
When I was younger I would print off a picture trace it on to wood then use a scroll saw to cut it out then use a wood burner
kruton wrote:
Hahaha. I like the “old fashioned”. What project are you working on with this setup Wigwag?
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I have a few idea rattling around, but first going to practice with lettering and same basic vector graphics. I am most excited about learning carving caricatures out of Basswood. Brandon has been making walking sticks, but he’s only been using a wood burner for adding designs, so I am hoping he will start carving some Wood Spirits on his sticks.
-Steven
Logan p wrote:
When I was younger I would print off a picture trace it on to wood then use a scroll saw to cut it out then use a wood burner
Yup, thats also in the works, doing some wood burning projects. For scroll sawing, I just print the patterns and attach them to wood.
ya pretty much do the same thing but use the wood burner to transfer the image to the wood using a laser printer……as for carving ya I did some cars years ago more like 20 years ago that is and gave them away as gifts wish I took or kept some pics as they were fairly detailed. it all came to an end one night in the emergency room after 14 stitches to my index finger after I slipped on a knot……