Nomad 883 Lithophane Fun

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When I do lithophanes I use Candlestone and three passes to get the best possible detail - 0.25", 0.125", 0.046". A 5x7 takes about 3 hours, including the tool changes.

I use BobCAD-CAM plus Art so I’m using industrial embossing CAM. I use a adaptive, High Speed Machining (HSM) rough then an adaptive finish pass and finish up with REST milling finish.

I’ve also used MeshCAM and the results are quite good.

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It took around four hours to cut if I remember correctly. I got tired of waiting on MeshCAM to generate tool paths so I let it run overnight and started the job in the morning.