carve speeds

[jeff]

thanks for the replies. I use good ply, and it is painted.. I am currently cutting at 3ips... and not looking for a "dramatic" increase in speed.. It has been fine for 2 years cutting up to 10 sheets a day. I just would like to know if any increase in carve speed has been tried. I will attempt to bump it up a bit tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

[shoeshine]

Hi Jack,

only partially agree. Some situations will work with ply. Hope I can attach a photo, not a good one but you can get the idea.

Cheers,
Roger.

Roger, I've got to say that dragon is inspirational. What a cool use of the nature of a material. Love how the layers accentuate the form. Any chance you might give us some tips on how you got the depths right in modeling that to get the almost topological effect?

Chris

[penman]

Hi Chris,

thank you for the kind words, you to Russ. Afraid I can not share the file as it is a Vectric 3D one. There is no secret, just the subject matter. If it was a horse carved it would look silly, but because it is a dragon, never met one of the animal kind, and they have scales it sort of works out ok. Just carve as you would solid wood. From memory that was carved in 19mm (3/4") 7 layer ply. Obviously the more layers of ply the more effective.

Cheers,

Roger.