Small carvings

I managed to get the new board installed and here is my result…


Going to make much more as I hone in my skills. :smiley:
BTW the bottom image is a 3d carve it has front and back. The back is not pictured.
Bits were 1/16 downcut for the rough and .5mm ball nose for the final.
Wood is Poplar.

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That’s amazing detail !! Every day this machine (and this forum) continue to amaze me…

Please do send a pic of the final results when readied.

Thanks.
I forgot to mention that the first picture was done using V-Carve
The second was done in Cut 3D
Both apps are from Vectric
Still need to get the mods (Phil’s idea on the Z axis change)
some others for beefing up the machine for working faster.
I will be doing a lot more after the move.
The last carving if I remove the outer areas the tail will most likely break. So I will need to make it thicker. I will be making a few more.
I am also going to buy another one of those bits. I like how small of detail I can get. :slight_smile:

You can get pretty small with this machine with pretty good detail. If you plan on doing some small stuff you can get the cheap ebay v bits they work pretty good without breaking on small stuff.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10x-Titanium-Coated-Carbide-PCB-Engraving-CNC-Bit-Router-Tool-10-Degree-0-1mm-/141140160716?hash=item20dc9bf0cc:g:SeUAAOxyVaBSwjUk

This was done some time ago with a bone stock machine.

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damn. Thats nice.
I will have to get some of those.
The bit I used was a ball nose

BTW what was the speeds and feeds?