Do you think your pine/rosin mix would work on curly maple? Where do you get pine rosin?
Do you think your pine/rosin mix would work on curly maple? Where do you get pine rosin?
Claro Walnut with Michael Mezalick's Celtic Dragon cut BEAUTIFUL
Didn't even brush it, just a blast of 90 psi.
LIKING Claro for 3D!
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine
Yep!
https://www.earthpaint.net/pine-rosin-wood-finish.html
Expensive, so playing with Linseed/thinner ratio.
100% didn't give me enough open time to wet sand, and a little too glossy/plasticky for me.
Moose blank was sanded to 600G, and then a single full strength coat.
3D cut was sanded and then 3D/Linseed/thinner 25/50/25%
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine
Nice stuff Scott! Was that dragon with that v-bit you like to use? Gotta get one of those sometime to try out on my little machine.
Scott
Nah...It was an actual TBN that Randall brought up on the Vectric Forum;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/R0-25-0-5-0-...YAAOSwEzxYXyJe
I was VERY leery because of past experience with Chinese bits, but couldn't pass up a .25mm Radius tip...which is almost the same as my Onsrud 30engraving with .01" flat.
I could finally get the detail, AND 2Flutes
Only putzed with it before...and for key fob stuff my 30degree with a .005"flat is still better, but as soon as I hit a 2X3" model....I couldn't see any difference running the two preview toolpaths on both bits(cut time was half with the 2F TBN)
I bought another set of the 4 radiuses, and a 3" .25"shank version I haven't tried yet.
This was only cut at 1.5, 1.5, 16K with no roughing path, but I think 2,2,17K is next.
I'm liking these bits, and did do a simple test with the 1mm Radius one to semi dial it in with excellent results also.
Slightly larger Dragon in Bubinga on Tuesday for a gift.
I cut against the grain,and it was it's first real test, The model was .26" deep, so I MN'd up .2" and ran a few lines, MN'd down .1" ran a few lines, and then MN'd down to original Z-Zero and cut away. So many fine details I went with 3% stepover this time because of the coils and scale in model...4-6% test in tiny dish shape tomorrow for checking cut quality and faster feeds.
THANKS
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine
My favorite is black walnut but do about half of my carvings in cherry. Although i do no recommend it, i think that you could put cooking oil on black walnut and it would look good. The clock was made from scrap. You can tell that i watched too much science fiction as a child with my monstor size mountain lion.
Try Beech. Very nice machining, tight grain, minimal warping.
Kenneth
Scott,
Been playing a bit more with with those Tiny Tapered Ball Noses, and I liked them and started another thread on Vectric Forum;
http://forum.vectric.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28146
This wood is supposed to be Bubinga, but I'm betting it will sink in water after I finish it...so NOT Bubinga.
The denser wood showed even more detail, with a better finish than the Claro Walnut...All I did was brush it off with a stiff brush, and it almost ready to go
Hoping you're not minding Daniel
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine
Nice! I think I might order some to give a try as well. Not sure, but it looks like it could be cocobolo. Dense, hard, and oily.
Scott
I think you'll like them Scott.
Oh...99% sure you're right about it being Cocobolo...it sinks in water,paper towel swipe with solvent shows the oil is identical to the other 2 known Cocobolo's I have, and finally found my 10X loupe...and 10X end grain pics in Wood Database match all three pieces as far as pore size/distribution right down to the mineral deposits, and rays match picture.
99% Cocobolo carves like a dream!!
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine