Very New to X-Carve. Need some help to make simple 2.5D pieces

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Hello everyone.

Im very new to this. I’d like a little bit of advice, or perhaps, a best practice about carving out a 3d shape. Its roughly a cylinder 7" in diameter, 1/2" thick. This cylinder sits upon a triangular plate, that is 1/4" thick. I’m attaching what I’d be expecting to achieve.

Thanks for all the help in advance.

Dinelle

Speaker Adapter

Speaker Adapter 2

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if the hollow part “inside lip” isn’t needed then it’s a single sided cut, if it is, then it will be a double sided cut.

I’d make a profile cut on the inside of the circle first, all the way through. The outside of the cylinder would be a pocketing down to the outside ring. next, profile cuts for the holes. finally, profile cuts with tabs .

if it’s a double sided cut needed, I would start with the bottom side (according to the picture) and have the lip cut first. flip it over, then have everything else done from step two above.

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Thanks guys. One of the reasons I chose this machine is because of the online community. I’m waiting on a replacement stepper motor to arrive, it got damaged during overseas shipping. Once up and running, I need to spend some time practicing (read ruining) some pieces to learn the ins and outs. The youtube videos you guys post are all really helpful.

Thanks.

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Thanks so very much PhilJohnson. Where can I go to learn more about using , what I assume is Easel, to create this?

Thanks

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Thank you very much. Will sit and digest them. I really want to get started. Cant wait to get up and running.

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I’m not Phil but this should still help. =)

https://inventables.desk.com/

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Thanks Jason.

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