depth of the center line lettering
I want to do some lettering on 1/4" corian. I am going to attach it to a 1/4" base sled, just tape them together for support. This will give me about a 1/2" thickness overall. My question is, will cw adjust the depth of the lettering using a 60 deg "v" bit to the 1/4" corian or the 1/2" total thickness of the sled? I don't want a deep lettering, just a lite lettering.
any input would be great.
Myshop
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centerline test on 1/4 stock
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Originally Posted by
mtylerfl
Ha! I think the original question was misunderstood by a couple folks...the OP was not asking about manually controlling the actual centerline depth itself...he simply wanted to know whether the centerline depth would be properly calculated for on the Corian stock thickness of 1/4" or if the machine would calculate the carve depth at the combined thickness of his sled and Corian stock. (The answer was given in post #3 above)
NOTE: actually, the sled thickness won't affect the centerline depth anyhow, but it is good to get in the habit/knowledge of the choice of "Project" or "Board" when using a sled anyway, for future projects that may require cutpath cut outs.:):):)
Micheal,
I designed this test on .250 stock and ran it through the machine, and I found the following.
1) The machine did not prompt "Run project or Board". I cross checked several times to be sure.
2) I understan the text is larger than most would use on Corian, however, we could be dealing with an "Exit" type sign and wish the large text size.
3) The larger the text size (depending upon the Font) the more it will exceed the thickness of the thin project board.
4) It would appear that a pure Centerline project will not be altered by the thickness of the design board alone.
Feel free to cross check my test made with version 1.153.
I, again, suggest that the user run a test on wood prior to attempting the Centerline carve in Corian.
AskBud
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