Your first pour and it came out that good?! Haha I wish I could’ve said the same. The wood inlay was amazing. Walnut and Maple together makes me happy. You said that you didn’t have a planer large enough? You have a massive, very expensive planer right there. Haha. I do a lot of CNC epoxy stuff on my CNC and have never ran it through a planer. Before you start, put double sided tape down or use your domino in the side of the wood panel and clamp down from inside the mortises. Use a 1/16” start depth on all your tool paths. Do your pours, then use a good flattening bit to take off that 1/16” at the end. Boom, perfect, flat epoxy inlay. Also, to get the sharp corners, Use a 60 degree V bit, do a V-carve with a flat depth of your choice (doesn’t have to be depth of pocket) and you’ll get sharp, crisp inside and outside corners. Offset your pockets in a little and let that V bit be your final pass to give you the correct dimensions. I use VCarve, if you have any questions, I’d love to help. Just found your channel. Subscribed!
Hi, I've seen others use their CNC to do a skim cut so no need to just sand the epoxy. Might be quicker for future pores. Also, if you start from 100 grit sandpaper and work all the way up to 1000, the polish ( or cutting compound) will do a better job. Great outcome though, 😊.
For your consideration: Curing time is temperature dependent. A pour with a large surface to volume ratio will dissipate heat faster and not reach as high a temperature.
Curious why you didn’t use threaded inserts to mount the bracket. I think you make the right call on the whites for sure. The first whites was flat and boring, the movement in the silver makes the piece I think n
I’m a hobbyist hand carver and I ran into the problem of several of my inorganic designs looking too perfect. People assumed I was using a CNC. LOL! Now I add some imperfections so it looks handcarved.
The shield looks great, i really like it. The colors and effects. But the light in the location doesnt really popp it (angled neon light?). It looks bland and not even saturated. Is this due to the camera and in reality it popps or is it bland in reality too? If so, with a spotlight this should really popp out.
Thanks! In reality it does look a little better than it did on the camera, but the lighting is bad in that lobby. I said the same thing that it needs better lighting hitting it, because in my shop it really looked amazing.
Nice work, inspiring actually. Couple of questions for you please. 1 - how did you prevent the epoxy from bleeding into the wood edges ? 2 - I noticed you used a paddle to mix the epoxy, how do you clean it ? Or is it a use once and throw away kinda tool ?
I don't really have trouble with epoxy bleeding into edges with hardwood like maple, but plywood or something like that with a very porous end grain can be an issue. Never a bad idea to seal it ahead of time though either way. The paddle is reused over and over. Sometimes I'll run it in water, but lacquer thinner or mineral spirits is better.
I don't know what i am talking about, but i assume that when bigger volumes are curing, it heats up more, which makes curing faster. Thin layer on top was just cooling down too much.
Have you instead of pocketing the whole white area, pocket out the individual white areas but 1/4 inch oversized, then doing the pour? Then you can run the green path like you're already doing, and you'll waste so much less white epoxy, and cut down on your milling time significantly
Really nicely done. The top coat was a great idea. Thanks. The respirator you used... what is it please? I like that it is a face shield and filter. Thank you!
That’s a good observation. I didn’t have a good surfacing bit-the one I used for my spoiler board did a poor job and left burn marks on the maple in my tests-next time! I was just a little nervous about screwing it up.
Hi David, there is a local small business I work with to bend special brackets or do welding for me-I usually just sketch something up and tell them what I need. That being said, there’s a lot of lighter panels I hang with manufactured brackets from company’s like Monarch Metals. This particular project required something more custom because of the size/weight. Thanks!
Just wanted the white background. You’re right though it’s a lot more $$ in epoxy. The latest video I posted had a one color inlay in a shuffleboard table-it’s a classy look
