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I've used extira for outdoor letters. You need to use an akalyde (sp?) base primer. Then a good topcoat paint.

Bob

I use these, they are a little more expensive but I don't worry about heat.
http://www.vibelights.com/coldcathodes.html

I'm one of the beta testers and it seemed that when I upgaded I lost the centerline text. Is this expected?

Bob

Wood loses it moisture mostly through the ends of the wood. That trunk needed to have the ends painted right away with some sort of paint. If its been sitting awhile it may be too late. All you...

Robin,

Somewhere in this forum someone posted about these belts and an alternative place to get them, I just can't remember which part of the forum it was one. Try a search on sanding belts, if...

Thats nothing, I do that alot. It's usually $25 worth of wood and a $250 speeding ticket when I go to get it

I use zinser sealcoat prior to carving, at least 2 coats, sanding in between. Once I carve and before I paint I put on another coat, especially over the area that was carved. Often times, if you...

Bruce
Adobe Photoshop 2 is a good program, there are a lot of free tutorials out there to begin reading. Just type in removing background in the help section and it will give you a couple of ways...

Jim,

Where are you located in the Pittsburgh area?? I live in Monessen which is about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.

Bob

I was notified by them, but mine is a machine exchange,

Bob

I've carved a 7' 6" x14" board out of cherry, as everyone has said, make sure you support the ends of the board with some type of roller stands.

Bob

Yeah, they received mine yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn't know about the crank handle and dust collector and mine was in the return. I sent them an email, hope they read it and send me the handle...

I went ahead with the swap. In my opinion if I didn't in a month I would be sitting with a $2000 paper weight. I wouldn't even be able to sell it if I wanted to. I was told they would pay to ship...

I just got my call yesterday and while I am in a quandry in that I have a shopbot and a carvewright, I was wondering that if I went ahead with the exchange if I will have the original software or the...

Go to their website and there is a link to their email address and ask James for a quote.

Bob

I have a shopbot and a CW the shopblt like everyone says has far more capable in its abilities than the cw. But everyone is comparing a new shopbot to a new cw. I picked mine up used and saved a...

I just did the same thing, apparently they don't overwrite the older versions.
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Bob

Gary,

Its used a lot for commerical sinage by cnc operators. It is really expensive and goes up to 4" thick I believe. Whats nice about it is you don't have to worry about grain orientation. ...

Meat,
Jon offers a few tutorials on using corel that are really good. I've been playing with mind now for a few weeks, I'm a little slow at this and I have a different version of Corel. But its...

A lot of cnc users use this for signs and such, It is not affected by the weather. However, the signs they make out of this go for as much as $150 per sq foot. The sample they send is approx 9x9...

Trailblazer,

Those are simply outstanding.

Bob

Something happened to me also, at first I thought it was my computer and maybe it still is. I opened up designer and everything I had in my favorites plus some new folders I had were gone. All...

Bill,

Those are from two different places. If James were to offer that I would jump on it in a minute,

Bob

As I remember once what an old wise man told me--You'll sleep enough when you're dead!

My reply was in reference to Mr Hill response. Carried out to the extreme, my statement would have to be correct. Is it pratical? no. When someone is looking for a file if I have it he or she...