First lithophane

[kclanton]

First attempt at lithophane.

[Brady Watson]

Looks great!

I'm sure many will want to know what software you used & what bit to cut, plus what material.

-B

[kclanton]

I cut it into .25" corian. Used a .125 onsrud 77-102 for roughing. Used a onsrud .020" 30 deg. 37-24 for finish. Followed vectric's "machining lithophanes" tutorial for the settings in photo v carve. I used a smaller bit that the tutorial, cause the area was smaller.

[scottp55]

Thanks for the info,haven't gotten there yet. Good Job!:)

[myxpykalix]

1st time is the charm!:D Or is it the third?:rolleyes: good job:)

[kclanton]

I think there cool, but it took over three hours to cut. I think it would be hard to turn a profit on them.

[myxpykalix]

3 hours is not bad, mine usually take longer then that.:eek:
The idea with these 3d carvings is you turn it on and go do something else.:eek:

[bcondon]

AT church for Mother's day, I was thinking of doing either profiles of brothers and sisters - or lithograms for kids to give their parents.... and then the amount of machine time became a reality with hundreds of hours to be socked up .

[t28c34]

Not to over shadow yours Kevin, That looks so good I finally dove in and gave it a try. Here is my first. Solid surface material that measures 1/4"x10"x6". Both rough and finished with a 1/8 straight Bosch ball nose bit. (that's what I had) Did the same thing, just went with what was said in the videos.

[scottp55]

Now I'll have to give it a try, That's one of my all-time favorite wolf pics.

[kclanton]

I have a couple of tapered ballnose bits. I used one for the rough pass. I didn't know you could use the same bit in the finish and it look that good. That is an awesome picture.

[carl_vallance]

For all you guys doing a roughing pass in 1/4 inch corian
Save time. I use a 1/16 dia carbide ball end mill with 1/4 flute lenght. .003 to .005 Stepover. No roughing pass. Set you raster to 45 deg. The first cut is a plunge and after that all cuts are at your stepover value. You get great detail with the small cutter. I've done hundreds of lithos this way and never broken a cutter yet :D