I was wondering what would be the best way to approach making this sign for a friend for the holidays? V carve or easel? I wanna do it pretty easy and fast. Something I can paint. I wanna make it about 14"x25"
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Sean, I did a similar type project a while back (driftwood desk name plaques for a few folks at a sobriety group). Instead of going with the exact image, I had to break apart the various components and re-arrange them to fit the shape I was making. All the components of their business card were present and they really appreciated them. I guess my long winded point is don’t ignore other ways of doing this - in fact, how about cutting some of the pieces out and stacking them - kind of intarsia style? Good luck.
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Maybe even inlay some of the larger letters to keep the overall height down.
Yeah that would be amazing. I would just like to do a simple cut in easel but having issues simplifying the image and the person to come out. Any help would be great. I’ve never done an image like this
That looks really good so far. If worse comes to worse, clean those middle letters up and cut this from a contrasting or darker wood and glue it on. Then, at least you’ve captured the spirit! That’s gonna be a cool project.
how did it come out?
may i see it?
I’m gonna do it this weekend probably
Yep. I thought Vectric. It’s Easel I’m out. No experience there lol.
Yeah sorry guys I’d love to save up for that. I should’ve clarified and said f-engrave
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From what I understand F-engrave is is similar. But I have never used it.
Are you still planning on using a v-bit for the text? I see you have the text depth still set to just over .25 inch. I usually set depth to .03 and work my way deeper in small increments. I imagine you’re going to be staining this and shallow text should be just enough to capture the stain. If painting, I go about .12 in my small text to hold a good amount of thin paint (after a couple coats of clear to avoid grain seep).
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I would use a digital substrate like a aluminum composite material called Max-Metal and just cut the profile on the cnc and then have a print shop overlay that with the image
I think a contrasting inlay would be an awesome addition.
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you used a 1/32" fish tail spiral for the entire carving?
was this sign from your friend’s church ministry?
The ones that die of thirst standing in a lake.
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