Happy Valentines Day! (PROJECT SHARE!)

[LouisSeguin]

@PhilJohnson Awesome work and thank you for all the knowledge you are sharing on the forums. Do you mind my asking what was the total cut time for this project?

[DouglasStevens]

Pinterest is another good ‘idea getter’!

[JeremiahRandolph]

Thanks for this Phil. Here is another success …

[CraigMcmanus]

MANY thanks Phil !! Truly a big hit in NC.

[BryanRussell]

Thanks for the files and the inspiration Phil!

[DanielWahlig]

Gotcha. Went ahead and removed. Apologies - the title was confusing.

[ScottElmore]

Ok, newbie here…I have Vcarve desktop. When I download Phil’s file and view / preview the toolpaths, it looks just like his post.

If I try to edit the text, and recalculate the Vcarve toolpath, it shifts the Vcarve path up and right, off the heart.

I’m missing something, and my understanding of Vcarve is REALLY minimal when stuff starts layering and doing nifty stuff.

Help? Thanks!

[ScottElmore]

Yessir. Literally did nothing more than install the font, clicked on your initials and the text icon, changed your initials to mine, and recalculated toolpath.

Frankly, if it HAD calculated correctly, I’d have cut it wrong, because I didn’t even change 2017 to 2018…but I never got that far.

[ScottElmore]

Also, the link for the tree .stl isn’t working now, if you’re willing to reshare?

For future reference, I’m still curious how I’ve managed to displace the Vcarve toolpath though.

[ScottElmore]

Thanks Phil…couldn’t tell you the gremlin, but redownloaded from your website and everything works as it should. At least I feel a little less stupid–couldn’t see how I was doing anything abnormal. I still have SOOOO much to learn with Vcarve AND UGS, but I’m back on track now. Thanks again for the share.

[BlueLocktite]

@PhilJohnson so my sister is getting married and she wants me to make coasters for the wedding… after some talking she says “what about something like we carved our names in to the bark of a tree” … of course the this is the first thing I think of when she said that.

I cant tell from the pictures (because it looks so real), I know you 3d carved it, however is the bark curved? Like it is a real slice of a tree? or is the bark portion flat and it is just the illusion?

I think I will have to do it like the others that did not have the heart pocketed to make it work… otherwise I think I would have to do an inlay of acrylic or resin to be able to put a drink on… I don’t think that would work out too well.

any thoughts?

[BlueLocktite]

does it itch?

[BlueLocktite]

ooohhhhh I like it! This project might make me buy a laser… then I can do the stuff on the top and not be real deep

you are the man sir

[BlueLocktite]

Ha ha ha ha perfect… well my house is 5 miles from West Virginia Border… you can hear the banjos if you listen close.

[PeterFroh]

Why not just carve these?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XHJ3WT7/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1521168742&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=wood+slices&dpPl=1&dpID=51lvOJDt1PL&ref=plSrch

[Zach_Kaplan]

I did that for some cup cake stands and they worked great.

[FoxxFighter]

I made these nameplates for my wedding. Still not finished.

The only downside was the have a rough side and need a lot of sanding and have a big bow so a lot of clamping pressure ^^

[Zach_Kaplan]

[BlueLocktite]

that is a good idea… I like the chunky bark more than what those have but it is an option.

[AdamNorris]

Where did the find the raw material for those? I happened on some thicker ones from a friend who cut a tree down on his property and they ended up with some pretty gnarly cracks just from ambient drying.

Did you treat yours in any particular way?