Valentines gift for my wife

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.

  1. I downloaded our first dance wedding song - Ramones “Baby I Love You”.
  2. Turned the file into a digital picture of the song.
  3. Programmed and carved that into Oak using inlay mode.
  4. Then I combined multiple types of wood and cut the reverse angle of the song out of that.
  5. I then inserted that cutout into the Oak.
  6. Stuck it together with every clamp I have.:roll_eyes:
  7. 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.
  8. Finally I created a QR code and 3D printed that and stuck it into a cutout in the Oak.
  9. 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!:balloon:

Regards

Josh

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Interesting project! Turned out very nice.