Big verse sign. We decided last second to leave it unpainted and rely on the nearby stage lights to cast shadows into the letters.
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that came out amazing.
Anyway you would be willing to share the file? I have been thinking about doing this for awhile but haven’t taken the time. I know that I would need to verify the OD of the pipe used.
Contour and pocket, hand painted.
Live edge still needs sanding and stain.
End with a clear resin pour.
S5 made this happen! Very excited to finish soon. It needs a team puck in the center as well.
SN is the Canadian ESPN
3/8" PVC board
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Mine is set up for the Pro XXL, not the 5
Pro. Also my file is in Vcarve but I can export the SVG and load into CC if
You want it.
A buddy of mine used plastic dogs for his. I am not sure if that is better or not.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV6NBFJF?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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Thanks for reminding me I needed some dogs for a portable vice I bought a while back. It had 3 of the 4 dogs. Mine are not the 20MM but 19MM (.75") so that reminded me I needed some of those dogs.
I picked this up at a garage sale for $10.00. Those vises go for up to $200.00. It is funny how sometimes random things trigger you get what you need.
Thanks.
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I have the Pro XXL also, and I use Vcarve as well. Would love the file if you don’t mind.
Sure. No problem. I am on the road right now but can send it this evening.
just a little project for learning stuff, 10"x20". carbide create trace of part of a drawing my daughter did. cut with 1/8" mill, and I see a few spots where I need to tweak the path some where the gap ended up to0 small if I’m going to cut again, but overall pleased with how it came out.
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Sent you a DM with the file and some instructions.
Granny square crochet blocking board. 14"x12" hard maple with American black walnut border and pin box. 23 x 23 hole array on 1/2" centers. 6" stainless steel pins (30). semi-gloss polyurethane over Tung oil.
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So do you do the crocheting or is it a gift? It looks very nice. Did you do pockets for all the holes or a drill tool path. What tools did you use to make all the holes?
Tell us how you did it. @ksangree
@gdon_2003, I have made two of these as gifts. The project was created in in VCarve Pro and machined on a Shapeoko 5 Pro 4x4 w/ C3D VFD/spindle. I placed one 1/8" hole and then created a 23 x 23 array.
The toolpath is a drilling toolpath. I used the 1/8" Extreme Performance CNC drill bit from IDC Woodcraft: 17,000 RPM, 60 ips plunge speed, no pecking. I followed up the drilling operation with a chamfer. The chamfer toolpath is drilling, with a 0.125 depth with a 60-degree V-bit.
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First guitar body to come off the machine. First start-to-finish 3d carving project using Fusion360 + Gsender instead of CC/CM. It has a few rough edges, CAM needs some tweaks It’s just a scrap body blank, but I’m making good progress! I had a few botched attempts with foam and other scrap blanks, but this one is serviceable.
I don’t like the idea of blue tape + CA glue, so my workholding was the crush-it stops and clamps with a centerline drawn on my wasteboard for alignment. I use a lot of multi-piece body blanks, so zeroing off of centerline and visually aligning my stock so I can cut my piece out of most attractive section is important to me. I’m really happy with the alignment on the flip-milling, and I will probably create a fixture in the future so I can zero off the corner with my Bitzero and machine based on some engraved alignment markers.
It’s progress! Now to figure out cam for necks and fretboards!
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Nice! Love the shape of that body. Is than an original design?
Re: CAM for fretboards and necks, Austin Shaner on Youtube has some great videos that helped me a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phY2aoCqX9k
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Yep, it’s original. I got ideas for body shapes by mashing guitars together in Midjourney, and when I stumbled upon one I liked, I modeled it up in Fusion.
Thanks for the link! I’m a member of Austin’s discord and his videos are what have gotten me this far 
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This is gorgeous - how did you make the texture, was it in Carbide Create or something like Fusion 360?
It was a purchased pattern that came as an STL. I used a very small section of the pattern (it was a 28" square pattern and I used a 4" strip that was 28" long) to avoid any repeats. I also played with the depth of cut until I got the look of a “gouged surface” that I was looking for. It called for the use of a specialized bowl bit as well Amana 42954 .
Thanks for the reply - makes sense. Thanks for the link. I have been trying to figure out how to do a gouged surface look, and I thought yours looked great.