off fall

[Big-Tex]

I have used off fall to make this simple sign to use as sample to hang at friendly sticker shop. This way guy I work with has options to present to clients.
I call those loaners and rotate them from shop to shop that helps me lower # of samples made and present various techniques to shop owners as well to potential clients. We have also started to do monthly news letters to their client bases. Kinda to remind our self.

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[joe]

Thomas,

Excellent Idea, if you get enough of these befor the public, sales will come.

Let me caution you about the technique. You are using deliclate borders and copy but your technique is too crude. Here's what I mean. The depth of your carving is so deep it steals away the deliclacy of your image. Try this technique. Set your Z depth so shallow, the bit barely skims the wood surface. The after the carving is complete, go back a carv it again just a little deeper, looking for a sweet, deliclate image.

I'll try to post an example of a carving later. Here is a simular panel I'm working on now.

[widgetworks_unlimited]

Hey Joe - Do you have a rule of thumb that you could share for matching V-carve angle to letter size/stroke width?

I've only cut a few V-carve signs, but I've noticed that the angle/depth of cut makes a big difference in the visual quality of the final product - especially if you're using reflective paint/leaf on the letters.

Previewing the signs in PartWorks hasn't helped me to predict which angle (45, 60, 120) is best for a given project. I usually have to cut samples with each to find out.

Thanks for the help - Russ

[joe]

Russ,

I'm with you on this topic.

My personal rule is to broaden the bit when using letterstyles with a narrow storke. Also I'm never able to zero the bit and carv away, getting a perfect image. I place a couple of business cards under the zero plate and make a first run knowing it will probably be too shallow. But I'm seldom pleased by the first run.

Ron, my assistant, has been suggesting we should make a zero plate with several thickness levels.

My favorite bits are 100 and 120 degree because they provide more visability but if you go too deep, they destroy the image. It's a deliclate process.