Marzluf
02-01-2007, 01:48 PM
Taking the info I've gathered from other posts, I went out and bought some 1/4" acrylic and tried a picture carving today.
First, the piece wasn't actually 1/4". It was a little shy so I taped it to a 1/4" ply backer. Well..... that helped bring it up to height but the sensor couldn't "see" the acrylics edges. I had to frame it with masking tape.
Ok..... it was off and carving.
WOOPS.... forgot to invert the image.
Second try was much better. I think I'm going to try corian next time though. This acrylic didn't seem to carve as well as others that I've seen and it may be due to the material.
Anyway..... Here's the results.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/9102838/227239853.jpg
First, the piece wasn't actually 1/4". It was a little shy so I taped it to a 1/4" ply backer. Well..... that helped bring it up to height but the sensor couldn't "see" the acrylics edges. I had to frame it with masking tape.
Ok..... it was off and carving.
WOOPS.... forgot to invert the image.
Second try was much better. I think I'm going to try corian next time though. This acrylic didn't seem to carve as well as others that I've seen and it may be due to the material.
Anyway..... Here's the results.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/9102838/227239853.jpg