Bowls and such in VCarve

[DanoInTx (Dan Nelson)]

I didn’t want to totally hijack the original post here:

Is there a way to do this in CC?

Being relatively new to VCarve, I had yet to explore the molding toolpaths. What is interesting is that having only a 2D shape, you can produce this relatively complex 2.5D model. The work is done in the toolpaths. I want to explore this but I will not be able to for a few days. Personally, I will be interested in creating other shapes that have ramps and hopefully that should be possible too.

So I’ve created a new forum post below:

I’ve gotten a chance to return to this today and play around some more. Definitely found simpler ways to cut a bowl, and some other stuff:

simple bowl

Elongated oval bowl:

Heart shapeed bowl much like the example on the Vecric site:

And a 2 sided full bowl:

Attached zip file with each example:
bowl_carve_muti.zip (601.9 KB)

They could all be optimized a little by setting the step over and depth of cut better. These were all simulated with a 1/4" ball end mill, which could also be optimized with some end mill changes. It shows though that you can do a lot with tool paths and simple 2D vectors.

Dan

[DanoInTx (Dan Nelson)]

You can actually do a lot of “3D ish” stuff in VCarve without adding an actual 3D model or STL file, like these knife scales I did awhile back (I only ever cut the flat profiles, never got around to doing the full cut).

knife2.zip (330.1 KB)

Those go with this kit if anyone is interested in trying it out:

Amazon.com: Sarge Knives SK-914KIT Drop Point Kit with 3-3/4-Inch Stainless...

Dan

[MarkB (Mark Bonham)]

Thanks, Dan. My wife is eager for me to try this!