I'm curious about the depth .75 puts it though the board, and it takes a lot of material out in one pass. any suggestions or am I wrong?
I'm curious about the depth .75 puts it though the board, and it takes a lot of material out in one pass. any suggestions or am I wrong?
Please do not use the pattern as is. Its meant to be modified depending on how large or small you are making the candle mold. It will be small because it was designed around 3/4 stock lumber. So if the width is an 1 at the base you want .5 for the depth. If its .75 then depth should be .325...etc.
On my machine I have had zero problems carving all the way through the 3/4 in stock. That may or not may the case with different machines so please modify the pattern appropriately.
For deeper that .75 the pattern has to be redone as an multi-board stl project.
Steve, its hard to tell from the images because they are not close enough to see how they line up. I separated the patterns and then got them together so you can see how they line up a little better.
I'm thinking this would be great for the rotary jig.. drill hole to size with a forsner bit for the wax
Last edited by aokweld101; 02-03-2016 at 02:42 PM.
On second thought that won't work.... stupid hit me..
I found that if you stretch out the cross section curve, the result is much smoother. (You have to tweak a little to still get a circular arc back on the board.)
Edit: compare to http://forum.carvewright.com/showthr...381#post255381
Last edited by bergerud; 02-03-2016 at 03:47 PM. Reason: link
Thanks all for your help on this. I've got this pretty much down for the rounded candles. Now, one more challenge I am working on. Need a square candle but need the tip rounded at the top. Probably start the rounding process .5" or so away. Using all the techniques here, I can't seem to get it going. Any help appreciated.
Thx
Kelsky
Post what you have.