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Thanks, no I missed it as I ran in from one task , grabbed lunch and out again to another.
That looks like it will do the job.Just have to sell enough pots to start a new rabbit path, as if I don't...

Here's what I can do. I can make a couple of pieces of porcelain about 2in x 2in x3/8 in thick and bisque them. It will take several weeks to plan this and get it ready as well as a jpg image. You...

just looked at Grainger's site it looks like some of those should work fine if the shapes are compatible with CW software.
Wyndham

The original litho's were made with slip cast porcelain clay. Some porcelain clays fire to a translucent white at 2300 deg f.
Does anyone know if smaller bits for Dremel tools might fit in the CW...

Thanks to you both. I have a thought about the lithopanes using something entirely different. When a potter like myself makes a piece from clay, whether round or flat, it must be dried. After drying...

I've actually gotten farther along in understanding the CW system and how it works than I thought. It seems that the bits need to be as sharp as possible for the best results, so what type of life...

Thanks Jerry, after seeing several video's and the help of all these fine folks, I'm starting to see what's what. As I mentioned in another post, I tend to over think new equipment and how it works....

Jerry I'm in Seagrove NC about 40 south from Greensboro NC and about 10 miles from Asheboro, NC . We are a small town of about 120 potters, of which I am one.
If someone nearby has a machine I...

I work in clay and the stamps I use need to be about twice as deep as an inking stamp. I sometimes get caught up in details that turn out to be irrelevant. This usually occurs when I'm working out...

Yes I can see where it's easy to make a mistake on both flipping the image and how delicate a small cut can be.
This brings me to another question about cutting time.
Is there a method where one...

Thanks, got some learning to do.
Wyndham

Thanks for the detailed info,
If each stamp were sized to fit on a 2inx2inx.25in depth area and it was laid out on a 12inx12inx1in board, what bit should be used and what cutting rate would you...

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Here's an example of a possible project. If I were to make a wooden stamp where the image is the face of the wood block and area around the image is cut away 1/4 in to 1/2 deep. Would a...

I'll sketch out something tonight and post it. It was my thought that a vector path would be cleaner but creating the path maybe a maze I'm not equip to deal with.
thanks for the info. Wyndham

I have a certain project that I'm planning to buy a Cw for. I need some help finding the correct tutorial or help. To simplify imagine I want to use a 1in thick board 12 in by 12 in. Into this board...

Then that would mean that any file like STL or OBJ from "David laser scanner" to 8 bit greyscale png or other 3d files like autocad, etc to greyscale would give the same results as long as the...

This brings up a question about scanning software. Does anyone know how the CW scanning software inputs the X,Y,Z info or what type of file types are usable for input. Does there need to be a file...

Ken, a very interesting carve. If I could ask, are most grayscale images or those converted have a textured surface.
When I have tried working with photo, many time the images looks good til I bring...

I thought I would jump in for a generalized comment. Different fonts are designed with each a certain distances between letters and generally this is called "Kerning". If you have a program like...

Thanks Tim, yea it was most likely you that stood out with that 14 hr job.
I don't want to come across as someone looking for problems, if that's the way my post reads, please forgive. I'm just...

Thanks, I too am a computer geek and have put many PC's together from scratch. I have also worked in shoestring wood and mining places that used cast-off equipment as top of the line stuff. It worked...

Thanks will give it another try, Wyndham

Since I have been viewing this forum for a short time, there seems to be several areas of the CW that have some problems. Many seem to be from dust and small chips getting into gears and other moving...

I had this same problem then I had the software do a 3d to height with an stl file but did not see a png option in the file select. When I opened the bmp file in CW it looked very choppy. Since I...

I did get the rain check but I don't know if it will be honored when the machine gets available. If it does great, if not I'll wait til the next sale.
Wyndham