Just wondering. Do you think the artist mirrored the hearts when they did the drawing? I bet you they did. I bet if you cut them out without mirroring the male plug, you could use the right male plug for the left heart and vice versa. EZ
While I appreciate these videos, longer tutorials would be so much more helpful and push the software better. I love the software but would also like more tutorials to help teach and motivate. Thanks.
This is another reason I am getting discouraged with Maker. I also use Easel…that took two minutes, no tan times X, or worrying about flats. Surely it wouldn’t be beyond Carveco to manage the same? Isn’t it time for a bit of a rethink? Oh, and imperial? Are you making videos for 1968? Well explained, but it shouldn’t be necessary really.
I use epoxy extensively. For smaller pieces, you can seal with uv resin, which cures quickly with uv light. For larger pieces, I use a tabletop coating resin and a fine paint bursh for the details. If necessary, I use a toothpick to maintain the details (pull out resin before the working time is up). For the fill, I use the toothpick to add resin to the detail areas and to help remove bubbles from the bottom of the pour. A vacuum chamber can also help remove bubbles when it's in the pot. The heat gun/ torch generally removes the rest of the bubbles, but as others have said, the deeper pour resins that take longer to cure also have superior bubble release. For cleaning up the wood before the sealing, I use an exacto knife for the fine details. It can be used to gently scrape out dust from fine details and also trim any chips on stringy wood like oak.
Hallo und guten Tag. Toll, was Ihre Software alles so kann! Vor einigen Jahren hatte ich die Gelegenheit in einem Betrieb mit ArtCam zu arbeiten. Hat sich die Software Heute weiterentwickelt? Gibt es auch deutschsprachige Videos zu Carveco? Viele Grüße aus dem Deutschland.
Hallo und guten Tag. Toll, was Ihre Software alles so kann! Vor einigen Jahren hatte ich die Gelegenheit in einem Betrieb mit ArtCam zu arbeiten. Hat sich die Software Heute weiterentwickelt? Gibt es auch deutschsprachige Videos zu Carveco? Viele Grüße aus dem Deutschland.
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Do you stabilize your wood with any products? I was wondering if the differing rates of expansion/contraction of the plastic and wood has any effect on the inlay.
No, it hasnt been stabilized. This one is pretty stable. There is another one that we done which has warped but the epoxy still seems ok (dont know for how long though!)
Liked your video, I also had problems with the epoxy wicking in my projects; however, I did notice that different woods had a different wicking rate. So, what I do now is I go and sand my project before I start engraving, I spend a few minutes and I go thru my progression of sandpaper, start at 80 or 120 grit depending on my wood and work my way up to 600 grit paper. doing this first makes the wood surface tighter and hinders the wicking effect, after sanding I spray a light coat of polyurethane on my project to seal the wood after applying the polyurethane I wait about an hour then I start pouring the epoxy.
so you have a cnc manufacturer advising you how to choose a cnc? this is just a promo for onefinity. first consideration should be budget and space available, stiffness , motors, control software, drive system. im not saying onefinity are poor machines, but they are definately on the hobby end .
Hi Mark, sounds like an issue with the tolerance. If you set it back to 0.025mm or 0.001", it should be ok. If it isnt, I'd send our support team the .art file so they can look into it for you.
