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Is it possible to carve a sheet of epoxy resin without damaging the CW? Just the resin - no fiberglass.

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Guess I need to look closer. After spending 2.5 yrs at Ft. Polk you think I would have caught that.

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A favorite saying of one of my co-workers is "that rock is smarter than she is".

YesYesYes...get your degree no matter what.

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I'm looking at Copic's for the lack of...clean up.

I've got some a/b's and don't like cleaning them. I've got a bunch of a/b paints just sitting there going bad 'cause I can't use them fast enough...

Anyone used one yet and what were the results?

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Wintopo has a freeware program.

Keep us posted as I've been toying with the same idea for a while, just no time...one thing I did find out is that you'll have to look at each contour line and...

Came in the mail yesterday - R/C, 1/4" and 1/8" sleeves. Put it on today as soon as I got off work. Finishing a carve right now that stopped half way thru when the Q/C (replacement and not too old)...

Came in the mail yesterday - R/C, 1/4" and 1/8" sleeves. Put it on today as soon as I got off work. Finishing a carve right now that stopped half way thru when the Q/C (replacement and not too old)...

Actually we need to start a private user group to capitalize on our inventions/innovations/ideas. Seriously!

A Department of Natural Resources caving friend of mine is using a gps/satellite...

I'm very interested. I have a gold leafed clock face I luckily saved from obvious damage. Watching the CW work is so captivating that I was watching the first scan pass whereupon I witnessed a...

The machine and a few extras is easily a $2k investment. Add to that the 18 months I've spent doing nothing but "test' designs and gift signs/plaques/lithos vs working the usual 2nd job to "afford...

just like the current drill function but rect/square.

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It would be helpful to see the photo to judge light and dark. As eromran stated, is this in corian?

I inverted your pattern in my attached mpc. look at the settings.

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Very nice. Keep her creative talents going. She could have a lucrative fundraiser project....

Don't know about anyone else but just goes to show the mental blocks us old foggies put in our own...

Here are some pics of the parts I'm using in my latest boxes. Our local Office Depot is having a going out of business sale and I scored about 2 dozen of these bulbs in various sizes for ~$2.50/ea.
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Keep it in context fellas, it's by a woman.

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Once you get the hang of it you can practically place anything anywhere. I've scanned a whole bunch of stuff from doll house sized ballisters to kayak paddle blades. All came out great. Once in...

My machine started feeding the board through in a jerky fashion with a pronounced knock. Was hoping it was just a wood chip in the gears. It's a broken tooth on the stage 1 gear.

Called LHR, new...

This is an excerpt from the FAQ's page

Q. Can cold cathodes be run from an a/c source? A. Although the inverters for cold cathodes all require 12 volts DC for power, through the use of an a/c...

Just bought a frame box from Hobby Lobby. The shadow boxes by the frame dept look interesting as well.

My pseudo son in law is a computer tech for MS and turned me on to these...

Finished installing the new QC about an hour ago. Just letting the loctite lock tight before I start "re" carving the last project.

Recommendations:

Read and re-read the care and maintenance...

are both sides symetrical? If I'm on the same page, it sounds do-able. With the right set up you could even carve the bowl on various planes.

Let me back up a bit. Carving "rubber" probably is a...

The fish I know I recently saw on the Artcam forum.

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Just started a new project. Was anxious to carve some more "pen boxes". Carve bit came unchucked, drilled into the wood and broke. The QC made a bad grinding noise as it spun on the stuck-loose bit....

Jerry,

There's no words for something like this from the heart. Nice job!

Lithos are truely amazing and pack a big WOW factor. I made two lithos and boxes for presents as well as 4 - 3 picture...