Releif Experimenting for Christmas

[frankwilliams]

Well, I've been lurking long enough, time to throw something out there. Here is something I'm finishing for a Christmas present. This is my first attempt at releif machining and I thought I would submit it for scrutinizing.


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[Brady Watson]

Beautiful job, Frank! Thanks for posting.

What software did you use to create the 3D and machine it?

-B

[scottcox]

Very stylish! That will make a nice gift. What's the plans for paint/finish?

[frankwilliams]

Brady and Scott, Thanks you for the positive feedback.

Brady - I had to depart from by beloved Vectric software and use Artcam 9 for both designing and machining the releif. Started with a photograph and traced it to vector using corel draw and the rest was done in Artcam.

Scott - The only part I am planning on painting is the numbers. I think I will just clearcoat the rest because I like the way the cedar looks naturally.

Thanks again for the comments guys! Merry Christmas all.

Frank W

[butch]

That is very nice work.
Butch

[harryball]

Very nice

[myxpykalix]

Very nice. How long did it take you to machine this? What are the deminsions?

[frankwilliams]

Thank you everyone! The Dimensions are 10" wide by 15" tall. It took 3 hours to machine using a 1/8" ball nose bit. I originally programmed it to raster in X and Y at 45 degrees but after it finished one pass I thought it was good enough and left it.

[evan]

Looks GREAT!
3226 are lucky folks. Once again it looks GREAT!

[gerard]

I just have to say, that is totally cool, and really gets my creative thoughts going, part of the reason I decided to get a shopbot is to create "stuff" that you dont see every day, everytime I see something, I wonder, how big, how long to do, the process, and the software, thanks for sharing