big carve

[aokweld101]

I am in the middle of making a apothecary cabinet for my wife and am not sure if I have this right I have looked at the tutorials and I think it is right if someone has done this type before I could sure use the help.. I was wanting to look like the Magellan chest... thank you in advance...the lines in the middle of the carve are reference points I will delete them afterwards. the drawers are 6.187 height x 5.81 wide.. that will leave me .125 spacing for the drawers .. a total of 18 drawers..

[rcdages]

Quite the project...............

[aokweld101]

Quite the project...............

Yes it is, trying to expand my knowledge...:rolleyes:

[henry1]

Yes it is, trying to expand my knowledge...:rolleyes:

well can't open just the 2.07 software

[aokweld101]

I will try to change it to 1.87 later.. my bottom is getting sore from sitting so long...lol

[Old Salt]

looks great Keep up the great work
Gary

[aokweld101]

My inside measurements are 20.375 and height and 44.25 long and I'm using .75 boards. this is as close to what I think it should be... my offset will be .062

[aokweld101]

will someone look at my final results and see if I'm attacking this right do I have to turn it to make it work or use a larger board ?

[cestout]

I would use 8.25 wide boards to provide rails for the rollers.
Clint

[aokweld101]

well, 2 3/4 days I finally have the results... I feel good about the drawings and will start when I buy the wood. the files are not in order but it is apothecary 1- 2- 3.

[aokweld101]

I have the cabinet dividers and cabinet built, waiting to see if my measurements add up on the drawers, It will be a little bit yet as it is hot here in Florida I manage about 4 hrs. a day in the shop.

[Chip]

Here in Houston it's the same. Get up early, work about 4 hours, then beat the heat and humidity.

[aokweld101]

I finished my drawings for the apothecary cabinet I haven't carved it yet but the measurements add up.

[aokweld101]

I am showing what I have started, I understand now why I could not get an answer on weather I had my drawings right that was a lot of work, but here is what I started, I had made the cabinet to hold the TV set and just used that and started to make the apothecary cabinet so I had a little head start on it.

[aokweld101]

I was waiting on LHR to send me a board sensor but I have no mail comming today since it is a day off for everybody, so I took one off to another machine, my machine is running now and see how I did on my drawings. I had some time think on this and I'm going to have two make two drawings for each board so I won't have a .25 gap in my drawers.

[aokweld101]

I had to rework the pattern but I thought that it left a .25 to stay under the rollers the one I started on was the center board but it is cutting the pattern the whole width of the board not leaving anything to stay under rollers is there something that I missed ?

[henry1]

I had to rework the pattern but I thought that it left a .25 to stay under the rollers the one I started on was the center board but it is cutting the pattern the whole width of the board not leaving anything to stay under rollers is there something that I missed ?

Its nice you do this but a lot of others can't open it you have the new version

[aokweld101]

I deleted my last post I had to trim the edges on my main pattern, but I think I have it in 2.07

[aokweld101]

I'm a little disappointed that I've not had much feed back on this post, I have pretty much talked my way through it. I started carving it last night and it was carving the whole width of the board so this morning I rewrote the program and it still was carving the width of the board so I came in and added a .25-- 0. carve region on the edges of the board and it is caving now it seems that it is working it has a 14 hr. 30 min. carve I'll let everyone know how it comes out.. In this process I figured that I have to make the same board twice and offset the cutouts on the board .062 so that I can have .125 gap instead of a .25 gap.

[oscarl48]

Holy cow. !4 hour carve! I think I am pushing it with 3 hours carves. Impressive and brave. Can't wait to see the results.

Regards,
Oscar

[aokweld101]

I didn't like the results I was getting out of my carve I tried to find the instuctions on the big carve that was easy to find before the web page was changed. Can someone help me find it. I thought I read that it leaves some left on to stay under the rollers.

[bergerud]

http://www.carvewright.com/assets/tips/CarveWrightTips_and_Tricks_Jul09.pdf

[aokweld101]

thank you Dan, it is harder than heck to find the old tutorials...

[aokweld101]

Thank you Dan, I found what I was looking for it say's that it leaves .062 to stay under the rollers don't sound like much is there a way to leave more material ?

[zan29]

Thanks for sharing!

[bergerud]

Thank you Dan, I found what I was looking for it say's that it leaves .062 to stay under the rollers don't sound like much is there a way to leave more material ?

I have never done that, so I do not know. What you are doing with the 0.00 side carve regions seems like it should work.

[aokweld101]

I found a way to do this and still have enough to to trim off to size.

[DickB]

I recommend that you use wider zero-depth rectangles top and bottom. I make lots of two-board projects and will leave 1". I fasten 1" boards to the edge of my project board to avoid waste; these can be reused many times.

[aokweld101]

DickB, I must of been trying to out think myself I forgot that little trick, maybe doing the carvwright made me think that I'm......... SMARTER !

[aokweld101]

I have my first carve done on the apothecary cabinet 13.5 hrs. carving time..... two more to go... everything is the way I wanted it, it took me 2 1/2 weeks to get it just right on the drawing my batteries need changing on my camera will post after I get new batteries.

[aokweld101]

I have the drawer fronts drawn out going to start first thing in the morning carving this one is going to take 10.5 hrs.

[aokweld101]

I have been working on this.. I was laying down thinking ....HARD.... and this is what I came up with.. as I said before the easiest... IS the hardest. I think that Eddie Lamb had the pattern and used it. Thank you.

[aokweld101]

As I said before, that I have been working on this carve, its been about 6 weeks off and on more on than off. And after 6 boards at six feet long 14.5 hours each I sat this morning and made my pattern for the center board and figured out what I have to to for the other two boards to work I'll set my first board then the top one is the same except a few modifications and the bottom will be a 1" x 12" determination was the ticket....I have to think of what Dan has said in the past to me "JUST PLAY WITH IT" Dan you are a true inspiration to a lot of people on the forum and I thank you for for being a thorn in my side and a sand spur in my butt.... THANKS !!!

[eelamb]

AOK you are welcome if it was one of my patterns. I can not view the MPC, so please show pictures when you are done.

[aokweld101]

I hope I gave credit to the right person I'm almost positive it was you Eddie...

[eelamb]

That came from nicpic website, all I did was clean up stair steps since it started out as a JPG, remove the words and put a border around it.

[aokweld101]

Well it's a great carve I have made a jewelry box, condiment caddy and a apothecary cabinet made from it

[aokweld101]

Dan, I started the carve again this morning I set the depth at .5 and heigth 999, I had to tighten the rollors up on the z-truck it was making noise that wasn't supposed to. The callibration was done at the end of the board so I didn't need tape.

[bergerud]

Are you carving these on optimal?

[aokweld101]

Yes, I did the first one on optimal it just took too long to carve, so the one I am doing now I am doing at best and set the bit on it's optimal setting.

[WoodenWizard]

That came from nicpic website, all I did was clean up stair steps since it started out as a JPG, remove the words and put a border around it.

Anyone have a good link to the NICPIC website? I think they changed the stucture and hard to navigate to greyscales. Or did they make it go away?

Dave

[bergerud]

Does http://www.mediafire.com/download/3v...140r/nipic.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/download/3v2evab1ose140r/nipic.zip) still work?

[aokweld101]

I am having a little trouble with my pattern I want to keep the drawers to where the outside cutout is the size I want and I want the pattern so it matches the same as the cutout inline with the drawers. if someone could help I would thank you. the pattern is what I think it should be I have a .00 carve region on the left side.

[bergerud]

I am on the road with no Designer so I cannot even look. You may need to more clearly explain the problem. Is it the radius in the corners or the size?

[aokweld101]

I'm trying to keep the pattern at 44.25 the drawers add up to 44.25 with the cutout to the inside I want the pattern at 44.25 allowing for a 3/4 board to the outside if I put a 1/8 .. .00 carve region where the cutout is would be will it still do the cutout?

[bergerud]

I still do not understand but a cutout will certainly cut through a 0.00 carve region.

[DianMayfield]

Aok, Are you trying to have the pattern seamlessly cross the drawers and cabinet, accounting for the loss of the cut path?

[aokweld101]

I had a offset to where between the two pattern weren't lining up I put a .00 carve region on the three sides of the board for where the 1/8 cutout are going to be I hope it works !!

[aokweld101]

I had to start my project over again the right side where I put the .00 carve region for the cutout didn't mirror I pressed it but didn't take.

[DianMayfield]

Going to throw this out there knowing my brain just doesn't work like most peoples :)

If I were to have drawer fronts that I wanted to have a pattern span:
I would cut out the cabinet openings
I would cut out the drawer fronts on a separate piece of wood with similar grain and the correct thickness
On a sled, I would insert the drawer fronts in the cabinet openings, shimming them up to match the surface of the cabinet and carve it as one project.

Again, just my weird brain!

[aokweld101]

OK, I see what you might think in theory but you need to use two boards one for the drawers themsevles and one for the drawer fronts to fit into the other, other wise you would have a 1/4 gap between the drawers and drawer fronts

[aokweld101]

I have the first two boards done and I finally... finally got what I wanted after 7 boards the 8th board I finally hit it... I still have to get battery's for the camera I will post as soon as I get picture, AS it was a Lotta work to get the font and drawer fronts..

[aokweld101]

I have the 3.0, I just have used the background pattern, on where it is the cut out is how do I get to where it does not use the pattern in the center to save carve time ? ...the second drawing is how it is going to look as a example.

[aokweld101]

I am having trouble posting the project it might be for trying to put both on at the same time.. bottom of the pattern is what I am askin help for.

[aokweld101]

I think the gui. is having problems with me uplaoding..try another way

[bergerud]

Just draw another 34 X 3 rectangle and make it a 0.00 carve region.

[aokweld101]

and this is my example of what it will look like with just two of four boards

[bergerud]

Copy and paste all cutouts and convert them to zero carve regions.