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[Lin]

Perry, Thanks much for posting your Presidents patterns. My son's girlfriend is an avid coin collector and one of these patterns will probably be what he makes her for x-mas.
BTW...If you have not carved the first MPC yet...the word "Presidents" needs to be fixed. The "r" is missing...Just a heads up. Thanks again.
Lin

[Jeff_Birt]

You can carve a project that has centerline even if you don't have it. You just can't alter the text at all. Of course you still need the correct bits!

[myshop1044]

Thanks a bunch, I was messing around with different texts and didn't notice,
too bad we don't have spell check in the text editor.
enought said ,on to a new project.
address signs. !!!!!

Perry

[Rocky]

Lin,

I looked at your custom and religious portraits on your web site. They are really very nice. Would you be willing to share with me, and others, your technique for converting a photo to an mpc.?

Thanks,

[Lin]

Rocky, The portraits that you saw pics of on my website were cut on a scrollsaw. I can make a scrollsaw pattern from a pic but I myself have not mastered doing a person from a photo on the CW yet. Lithopanes can be carved on the CW and come out awesome. Corian seems to be the material of choice for carving the lithopanes on the CW. I have some 1/4" ivory and white corian I bought on e-bay to try it out for myself but have not found the extra time yet. Type "lithopane" in seach and you will come up with a lot of threads in this forum on info for doing them and pics of ones that the members here have made.
Lin

[Rocky]

Rocky, The portraits that you saw pics of on my website were cut on a scrollsaw. I can make a scrollsaw pattern from a pic but I myself have not mastered doing a person from a photo on the CW yet. Lithopanes can be carved on the CW and come out awesome. Corian seems to be the material of choice for carving the lithopanes on the CW. I have some 1/4" ivory and white corian I bought on e-bay to try it out for myself but have not found the extra time yet. Type "lithopane" in seach and you will come up with a lot of threads in this forum on info for doing them and pics of ones that the members here have made.
Lin

Lin, thanks for responding. You may not have mastered the photo technique on the CW, but you sure have on the scroll saw. I'd like to learn how to convert a photo to just a series of lines and produce it on a CW like you did on the scroll saw. The lithophane idea interests me, too.

Thanks again,

[OKCCarver]

Wow...I saw this post and it really got me to thinking....

I have carved soooo many of the US Quarter maps it's not even funny. Seems like all my family and friends want one!!! Anyway, I hadn't even thought about the Presidential Dollars or the First Spouse Dollars or the Commonwealth coins... So, after seeing myshop1044's creations I just couldn't help putting my spin on it. I haven't carved the attached mpc. This is really the best I could at the moment, but my projects are usually weeks in the making anyway. Alter, go away, come back alter again, go away, come back with better idea, etc. Thought some of you might be able to take this a little farther and come up with something that's even better.

All the text is carved with centerline using the v60. The font is "Olde English". The carve region in the middle is where I was thinking of putting the same seal that myshop1044 used in his project. It's available in the pattern store if you want to "try" it and see what it would look like with the pattern.

All comments, suggestions, criticism, or if you just plain think it's crap and can't resist the urge to say so, are welcome....