Hi All,
Just sharing the valentines gift I made for my wife. I am still very new to working with wood and this is not perfect but she still thought it was great. I used carbide create pro and got help from people on the forum. Thanks again.
This is what I did.
- I downloaded our first dance wedding song - Ramones “Baby I Love You”.
- Turned the file into a digital picture of the song.
- Programmed and carved that into Oak using inlay mode.
- Then I combined multiple types of wood and cut the reverse angle of the song out of that.
- I then inserted that cutout into the Oak.
- Stuck it together with every clamp I have.
- Then used the CNC to cut down to the top level of the Oak, leaving the inserted coloured wood flush with the top of it.
- Finally I created a QR code and 3D printed that and stuck it into a cutout in the Oak.
- The QR code takes her to the song on her phone.
If I could go back and do this again I would make the tracks for the song wider and deeper as some of the coloured wood didn’t survive the process. It was perhaps not the best choice of stock but I really wanted the colours. I had thought about epoxy but it appears I am sensitised to it and can’t be in the same post / zip code as it without my face swelling up like a balloon!
Regards
Josh
