HI all

[3DbME]

I wanted to share my first attempt with the machine. I'm very pleased and have been testing woods and qualities for a few days now. This is 7"x7", Red Aeromatic Cedar which carved very clean and crisp. I have also done this NW Haida design in Poplar which was very soft and did not accept the shallow draft setting very well. I am a hand carver as well as Chainsaw so this tool is a wonderfully clean addition to my toolset.

Hope to hear and speak with you all in the near future.

Cheers,
Bruce a.k.a 3DbME

[mtylerfl]

I wanted to share my first attempt with the machine. I'm very pleased and have been testing woods and qualities for a few days now. This is 7"x7", Red Aeromatic Cedar which carved very clean and crisp. I have also done this NW Haida design in Poplar which was very soft and did not accept the shallow draft setting very well. I am a hand carver as well as Chainsaw so this tool is a wonderfully clean addition to my toolset.

Hope to hear and speak with you all in the near future.

Cheers,
Bruce a.k.a 3DbME

Welcome, Bruce! Excellent work and I look forward to seeing your future projects.

Also, was wondering if you have a website that I/we could visit to see your chainsaw work and hand carvings as well!

[Kenm810]

Bruce,

Welcome to the CW Forum,
I have carved several pieces in Aeromatic Cedar with a good deal of success,
even though my sons tell me it make my shop smell like a big Hamster Cage.
We'll be looking forward to more of your in put,
also if you could share Photos of your projects
we'd love to see them.

[3DbME]

I'll post some pics here soon but until then you can check out my previously carved pieces at http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/3DBMe.

Thanks.

[3DbME]

Here are my gallery pages from a very good woodworkers resource.
http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/3DBMe/projects


http://forum.carvewright.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17683&stc=1&d=1227847768
The 'embossed' HappySun was one of the first carvings I did and has been a 'testbed' for the different techniques and equipment I've utilized. The original was done with jut Xacto knives and basswood and took about 30+ hours.

http://forum.carvewright.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17684&stc=1&d=1227847768
The small,debossed, basswod with marquetry inlay Sun Jewlery Box took 20+ hours to do with conventional carving tools and a Dremel.
The interior of the box uses woven cedar strips on the top lid and inlay cedar base.

http://forum.carvewright.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17681&stc=1&d=1227847768
This latest 'debossed' version using the CarveWright took 2 hours of time on Photoshop seperating the different elements for depth definition. The actual machine 7"x7" cedar carving took 2 hours!!

http://forum.carvewright.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17682&stc=1&d=1227847768
After a couple of power failures that were caused by static electricity while vacuming sawdust that was collecting on the Yaxis rail.

http://forum.carvewright.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17685&stc=1&d=1227848344
The final 'Embossed" sucessfull 12"x12" poplar version with some revisions took only 4 hours. The chip out was a result of shallow draft ad the carving tool dragging across. I would like to resole this problem with a change in the rate of feed.

Does anyone know how to slow down the head feed for critical areas of detail???

I am in love with this machine!

Comments and constructive criticism is always encouraged. Thanks for viewing.

[Kenm810]

Thanks for the Site, some really interesting stuff to dig through.
I even recognized a few farmilure names and faces there. http://forum.carvewright.com/images/icons/icon14.gif