Hello all
I just wanted to show some of the newer people the capabilities of the x-carve with my experience
The following photos are carved from white Mahogany (Australian hard wood)
They are cut using a 3mm end mill for roughing and a 2mm ball nose for finishing
I use a UGS because, I learnt that sometimes Easel gets bogged down with larger files.
Subject to the size, they take between 4-6 hours each, for both roughing and finishing carves.
Mark
I use Vcarve desk top.
I could be wrong but, in my mind a 3d object is 360 degree carve.
This is not that , it’s a carve with humps and bumps so, therefore I think it should be 2.5d
I’m very sure that many people have their own interpretation, and after many years in the business, I don’t want to get into a long winded conversation about 2D, 2.5D, and 3D.
3D work is the ability to control 3 axis X, Y,and Z at the same time.
3D work is exactly what you have there.
Very nice work
I don’t often post here, but read this forum quiet often to steal ideas and get the creative juices flowing again.
But I also read the posts, where people don’t know how good the Xcarve really is, for a small hobbyist / business.
That’s why I posted these small group of pictures, to show, if you take your time and don’t push the machine too hard, its a great little machine.
The only alteration, from standard that I have done, is to raise the height of the spindle to allow thicker pieces of material to be machined.
