My Latest Plaque

[ironsides]

Just finished this one.

1. Cherry Wood blank from Michaels 9" x 12".
2. Roughed machined with .250 dia bit -- 61 minutes.
3. Finished with 1/32" nose radius carving tool from Carvewright store --6 hr 29 min.
5. one coat Boiled Linseed oil finish.
6. one coat of "Plaid Liquid Leaf" applied to select text from Walmart.
7. Used "Aspire 3.0" for design work.
8. Texture behind letters is an Austrian Curtain image and distorted using Aspire.
9. Flowers from 3D Model Club.
10. Carved using ShopBot PRSalpha 48 X 48.

[bleeth]

Very nice George-I really like the way you have the florals "climbing" on the bevel. Great touch.

[wberminio]

Great Job!

I like the quote also!

[MogulTx]

Real nice! And I guess that is GDK in the lower right corner?

Good work!

Monty

[ironsides]

Real nice! And I guess that is GDK in the lower right corner?

Good work!

Monty

Yes. I've started putting my monogram on all my jobs.
GDKelly

[phd1658]

Very nice, George. I like the sentiment! Just out of curiosity, what did you use to hold down the plaque?

[ironsides]

Very nice, George. I like the sentiment! Just out of curiosity, what did you use to hold down the plaque?

Bill,
I use mechanical clamping.
For production, I milled a 9 X 12 pocket in a 24 X 24 board from Lowes.
This locates each piece accurately for production work.

The blanks, from Michaels, come in different shapes, but they all will fit into the cavity.

George

[joe]

George,

Thank you for posting.

This is a Drop-Dead wonderful example of creative work. It doesn't look as if there was any tearout. Good choice of wood too.

Joe Crumley
www.normansignco.com (http://www.normansignco.com)

[myxpykalix]

George, what was the cost of the cherry wood blanks from michaels?

[joe]

Once upon a time I had a vac system. For my kind it didn't work very well.

Here are a couple hold downs. They were cut from 2" Oak from a discarded table.

If anyone wants a DXF all you need to is email me. When I was designing these my mind kept drifting back to the felt hammers I'd seen on the interior of a piano. They must have taken piano artists years to develope and refine. Hope they don't mind my using them on such a crude process.
www.jcrumley1@cox.net (http://www.jcrumley1@cox.net)

[joe]

I'm also one of the few who used mechanical clamping. Once upon a time I had a vac system. For my kind of work they don't work very well.

Here are a couple hold downs I've designed. They were cut from 2" thick Oak from a discarded table.

If anyone wants the DXF on these you need to mail me.

www.jcrumley1@cox.net (http://www.jcrumley1@cox.net)

[ironsides]

George, what was the cost of the cherry wood blanks from michaels?

Jack,

The blanks were $9.99 each if you buy from Michaels or $12.99 when you buy from their supplier "Walnut Hollow". They also have Oak and Basswood.

Their supplier is "Walnut Hollow" and you can see the blanks at this link.

http://www.walnuthollow.com/hardwoodsurfaces.aspx

The neat thing about buying the blanks this way, is that all of the hard work of gluing, sanding and shaping of the edges are already done for you. All I need to do is drop them into my fixture, clamp and start cutting.

George

[myxpykalix]

thanks george i'll have to go up to michaels and check it out.

[mtylerfl]

George, that's a wonderful project - very nice! Thank you for all the great info and details. Your tips and recommendations will come in handy for a lot of us!

[ironsides]

Hey,

Thanks to all for the nice comments on my carving. I have learned a lot from this forum and have met a lot of nice, helpful Botters.

Note to:
Michael Tyler.
If you are the same Michael Tyler of the "CarveWright",
forum and POM contributer, then I want to tell you how much I
enjoyed your POM's.
They were a lot of fun and good way to help me learn
and to advance from the CarveWright world to the ShopBot.

Thanks again all you guys.

George D Kelly
(Ironsides on the Carvewright forum)

[mtylerfl]

Hi George,

Yes, I'm one in the same. Glad you enjoyed the CarveWright projects!

In addition to still making the monthly projects for CarveWright, I also create projects for Vectric on a monthly basis (started those in Feb 2011) and will be making some ShopBot-specific projects very soon, as well. I just have too much fun, I guess!

So glad you are still enjoying CNC-ing!

[lrheimpel]

Great job George!

[David Iannone]

George, thanks for the link to Walnut Hallow. I have a few projects I wanted to carve and just ordered some of thier pre-finished blanks tonight online. Your carvings look great. Keep up the good work.