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[andre]

this is a new design I hd been working on for sometime now. As you can tell it is stained red oak and the size is 36" x 36". this will be hanging in the reception area of a doctors office.


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[harryball]

Andre... very nice. What was the carve time? I'm designing something with a similar idea, a ceiling fan medallion. I'm still waiting for my Aspire DVD to arrive but it's the first carving project on my agenda. My wife wants a custom medallion for each celing fan.

/RB

[andre]

Thanks.
There was approximatly 6 hours of machining. Keep in mind the size and intricacy and the fact that I used 4-5 different bits. The outer squares took about 1 hour.

[myxpykalix]

Is that Poplar? What is the finish? I like how it looks brown in one pic and a redish color in another or are they different ones? The closeup looks like oak? Very nice.

[Brady Watson]

Andre,
Beautiful job! Nice combination of V-carving and 3D relief work. Thanks for posting!

Jack:
Quote "As you can tell it is stained red oak..."

-B

[myxpykalix]

oops, i guess i just missed that part. I guess it's time to get the glasses perscription updated. The unfinished picture (first one) looked like the green you see in poplar.

[andre]

Thanks Brady
I think I may have to upgrade to aspire.
this was all done in Partworks.
Yes Jack it is good old plain red oak. Glued up leftovers of 1"x1 1/2 "
I stained it with woodsong cinnamin ( did I spell that right?)clear coat laquer

[scottbot]

Andre,
That is really, really nice.
Thanks for sharing.

Scott

[phil_o]

That is beautiful.

[andre]

Scott and Phil, Thank you
Here is a video if any one wants to watch it being cut.
Scroll down to the you tube video.
http://andreplante.com/cncmachining.html

[dubliner]

Awesome work Andre, just beautiful. You should be quite proud ~ Dubliner

[paulkiecka]

My First reaction was "WHOA!"

Great Job!

[andre]

Neville, thank you for the kind words.
Paul thanks, Only on a CNC. I can get lost for days when I design these, they are a lot of work and fun.

[dubliner]

Andre - just watched the video, very cool and with a PC router too ! Did you surface the boards on the machine as a glue up, or just rely on the planer beforehand?

[dubliner]

Andre - just watched the video, very cool and with a PC router too ! Did you surface the boards on the machine as a glue up, or just rely on the planer beforehand?

[andre]

I glued up, surfaced both sides on the bot and finished sanded the top side to 150 and started cutting

[andre]

Ye the good old PC, I am definitly starting to see the potential of a spindle vs a router, when I do work like this.