Nakashima-style bowties for a Cherry desk. Modeled in Fusion360, cut the plugs upside down on the Pro with 1º tapered sides, and cut a matching template in plexiglas to cut the mortises with a plunge router and guide bushing, then chisel the corners square.
Plug designed to stick up a bit over a 1mm, and when flushed looks like:
Red and white are stain. The green is a lime green from Michaels. The black is also paint.
Related to my previous thread…
https://community.carbide3d.com/t/looking-for-a-project-file/97151/8
Here is the result of my prototype flowers roughly based on the ones that Kevin Barnett showed in the 3D Tool - Add Shape video.
I drew up 4 different sizes in CC from 3.5 to 5 inches wide. I still have a few things to figure out like stem shape and how to fasten them to the flowers. Don’t mind the two holes in the top of two of the flowers where I drilled the stem dowel holes too deep… oops 
I’ll post the finished project later next week when I have it done.
That wood is beautiful but, smells so bad while you’re cutting it!
Luckily with relatively small parts, an enclosure, and a vacuum, there’s not much to smell.
I’d hate to walk into a shop cutting a big chunk of the stuff on a Shapeoko though 
Hmmm.
I have several huge pieces of zebra wood that I have been hanging on to for many years waiting for the right project. They are 2” thick and 8-10” wide by 10-14’ long.
I guess I will have to try a small piece.
Don’t let them turn to dirt ! 
My first shot at a texture toolpath. I know for SURE I’ll be using this often! I’m looking forward to getting proficient with it.
You’re killing me with that HDU again!! Texture feature is one of those really hidden gems, the possibilities between texture parameters and bits is almost endless. Great job, again.
Looks great! The texture really makes the numbers stand out.
I promised to post final pics after roundover, sanding, and seasoning with oil.
Absolutely love how they came out!
Quick project, this one is for a voice actor that unofficially refers to his home studio as “Studio 13”.
As he has a deep bass voice, I modified the bass clef into the number 3, then selected a complimentary font from fontsquirrel.com
I was going to do a wenge inlay (like one of my previous posts), but a few factors made that a poor choice - the sharp angles in the ‘t’ and ‘d’, along with wenge’s nature to chip easily. We settled on a black epoxy fill.
This is hard white maple, wasn’t expecting the epoxy to bleed into the grain this much. Lesson learned, will look into ways to prevent this. Although… I do think it adds a little character.
Getting the oil treatment now.
Very cool,
You make it sound so easy ! When you paint the silver, does you stencil match the letters or do you paint the whole area your going to cut out…how do you line up the wolf jaw to keep it blue?
Its your project, but I think you need to do it over and use shellac or something else to seal the wood before adding the epoxy.
You might be able to sand / cut down a layer to remove the bleeding.
I use Zinsser Universal Sanding Sealer (dewaxed shellac) to seal epoxy and painting projects. By applying the dewaxed shellac you seal the wood fibers that are exposed with the pocket and helps keep the halo effect to a minimum.
I often paint advanced vcarving and apply dewaxed shellac to keep the halo from happening.
Here is an example in pine. The carving exposes the end grain and it will soak up paint.
I like how you modified the “3” Not everyone will get it but those with a music background or knowledge will catch it right away. Nice job! And like Tex says, maybe another sanding will take out the colour bleed.
Even simple Elmers glue will seal the grain in the machined pockets and dry clear, one step that I do not omit on epoxy inlays is sealing them with something prior to the pour.
Your project turned out nicely!
@CrookedWoodTex - I completely agree. This one is going in the lessons learned pile. I’m going to rework this from the start. Onward/Upward.
Thanks @Jeffish - the client really loves it. Per other info, this one is getting redone.
@Redlander - agreed, and I got spoiled on the “Food Wise” boards above that did not have an issue.
