Finally got them all done. Over 135 Advent Wreaths for our church family. One for every family in the church.
Burnt-out one router, 3 1/4" bits, 1 1/16" bit and went through a LOT of black walnut.
Took a month and a half to do it and miscut/lost 5 wreaths due to equip and operator error, but got it done~ YEA
Five failures out of 135 is a great percentage. They look great and I am sure the church will appreciate them.
I made a pair of clamps with soft jaws to hold down a stack of PCBs. Now I can bore out alignment holes in bulk 
Not super exciting, but they work perfectly!
Batch processing makes you more efficient. I batch when ever I can.
I’m new to the community and I am impressed by your NPS Arrowhead. As an employee of the NPS, would you be willing to share the file?
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Really impressed with the results from a new bit I bought from Amana for face milling aluminum. It would have been a very expensive paper weight if it didn’t work well with the Shapeoko 5 and VFD Spindle. Next up I’ll be turning the shiny hunk of aluminum into paddle shifters.
Can you post details of the Amana face mill and the feeds and speeds you had success with?
This was with the Amana RC-3402. Apparently I didn’t save the file but I think I was running it at 10,000 RPM at 60"/min. I think I did 2 passes at .010". I haven’t done any tweaking yet because the first try worked so well but there seems to be a lot of flexibility if you’re conservative with your depth of cut. With the 1.625" cutting diameter the facing is pretty quick although it looks ridiculous on a 1/4" shank.
There didn’t seem to be a lot of options that would fit in an ER11 collet and use replaceable inserts.
Single line in a spiral with a V-bit. The Z depth dictates the width of the line. Was pleasantly surprised when you get about 20+ feet away it becomes as clear as a photo.
So far the best results have actually been in some scraps for dry erase marker white board.
This is so very cool!
How did you go about this process?
Cool! I’d like to know more as well. Is this all cut in one pass where the Z was varying on the fly? (I’m not sure any Carbide software can do this but I’m really interested if you found it possible.) Or separate passes for different depths. What software did you use? Christopher Walken?
Very cool!! (But it could use more cowbell)
I was thinking that exact thing this morning when I saw it.
It is all using Carbide software with an advanced v-carve. I will post more details when I’m at my computer later tonight.
Hey Adam, What font is that?
I need more cow bell!!!
That is very neat! Would like more info aswell
I have also found that this does not work well on something like plywood or soft wood like pine. I had the best luck with dry erase white board material. It has a pretty good laminate on the top and is manufacture wood underneath. Plus it’s white on top and dark underneath which gives the perfect contrast for the carve.
The finished products have amazed me on the clarity. Up close it looks like garbilygook, but gets better as you step back. At about 20+ ft it’s almost like a photo.
An added bonus is that on the 5 Pro it makes the machine make noise like a weird carnival piano.
Thank you for the step by step instructions. Again, great work.
