Doug Pinney is now "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!

If you have a CNC you know there are 3 major steps in creating a great finished project:

  • Creating a good layout (we have you covered there)
  • Machining a great part (software and your machine have a big part to play in this step)
  • Finishing (this part is all you and the products you use)

Doug hacked together this great layout and took the time to put an amazing finish on it that makes it "shine"!

"I have Legacy Arty 58 Pro CNC that has a bed cutting size of 24" x 58" with a water cooled spindle. The plaque is 16" diameter
The finish is sprayed on ML Campbell Varnish/lacquer 3-coats.
The wood is Alder"

Doug used the Wine Bar No.1 project and hacked in the ribbon from the free Heart and Ribbon Getting Started project. Great work Doug... wow... that ribbon is smooth!!!!

 

Thank you Doug for sharing this project with us! 

Consider yourself...  Weekend CNC Warrior Approved!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make It Team

Kevin Kennedy is now "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!

When we came up with the Tiki bar CNC project idea we always felt it would end up in a basement bar or on a pool side sign... but never on something like this! 

``Here is a cowboy cooler I made and I used the Tiki Bar project to customize ``

``I started out making one of the coolers for myself and people loved them. I have made around 6 of them and now I personalize the tops. So I used the tiki bar pattern to do mine.``

We don't think the Tiki mask has ever looked so cool... get it... because it`s on a cooler... yeah we know that was a stretch. 

Kevin also sent us this wonderfully painted sign he made using the Wine Bar No.1 Project.  Nice job!

Both of Kevin projects look so good... and the cooler just makes us want to head out onto the back deck and enjoy a cold drink. There goes the productivity for today... thanks Kevin.

Thank you Kevin for sharing these projects with us!  

Consider yourself...  Weekend CNC Warrior Approved!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make It Team

Hack of the Week No.58

With the addition of the new Pub Sign No.2 CNC project you now have more models to hack together to make a great wine cellar sign or wall art for a wine lover!  

This "Good Win, Good Friends!" wine cellar sign layout was created using models from these projects:

The font we used to simulate the v-carving on this layout is call:  Weidemann BK BT

Note - This hack was assembled in Aspire V8 for presentation purposes.  It could have been done in VCarve Pro V8 or VCarve Desktop.

Aspire V8 - Component tree

 

A Little Something Extra

We have included a screen grab to help you if you would like to recreate this layout or something close.  This layout and component tree would be the same in VCarve Pro V8, VCarve Desktop and Asire V8.

Why not hack together your own layout mixing and matching models form other projects or from your own library!  For some great inspiration check out our  hacks page!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make/CNCProjects Team