This weekend just gone we did a little bit of 3-D carving.I think we were a little adventurous and we were only moderately successful. Did not really have the right cutters but over all I think It came out fair to muddling. I made a blank out of plywood glued up.. 400 mm by 400 mm by 70 odd mm thick, and used a sun face for the template.
Spent a lot of the time scarfing out the waste .. would have been better gluing up a pyramid…. you will figure this out from the photos. [ lucky we had a large surfacing bit for the router to clean out the bulk.] i won’t be finishing it as it was just an exercise in what the beast could do. Did ok I think. Less bulk and a different cutter and I think it may have been better?



We had a fun day… video taped the sign making, surfaced a gum slab, and had a go at the 3-D carving and don’t forget the Barbie and a few sherberts afterwards. All in all a good day for all.
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16 comments so far
Splinterman
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posted 97 days ago
Hey Larry,
What kind of cutter did you use…....not bad for a first attempt mate….looking good.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
moshel
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posted 97 days ago
do you have a bowl bit? might work well as everything is round and there are no square corners.
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degoose
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posted 97 days ago
Moshe I used a core box bit 12 mm [ round nose] and was going to reduce it through 9.5 mm and down to 6.35 mm but I ran out of time and had to remove the setup to make room for the next job on the wee beastie..
Please note that the pin in the copy attachment and the router bit must match,, square or round.
Larry
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patron
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posted 97 days ago
looks like you are having fun ,
kicking the tires on the beastie .
it is an amazing machine ,
and you are the right guy to play with it !
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
ellen35
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posted 97 days ago
Did you use David’s face as the model????
-- Ellen on Cape Cod
patron
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posted 97 days ago
wow ellen !
thats how i look when i wake up ,
my hair sticking out in all directions !
but carved in stacked plywood ,
sounds about right .
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 97 days ago
Hi Larry;
Be tough to use as a cutting board!
Nice website.
Lee
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Karson
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posted 97 days ago
Larry: a great start.
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Sawdust2
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posted 97 days ago
I’ve a friend who has the Carvemaster (Sears version of Carvewright. That is computer controlled.
Yours is just as good.
Lee
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a1Jim
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posted 97 days ago
Looks like fun Larry
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Kent Shepherd
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posted 97 days ago
Where’s the Purple Heart?
Again, You have too much fun.
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blackcherry
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posted 97 days ago
That’s not a sun face, it’s more like someone been sitting way to long in the inspirational chair with multiple toucans…what a glow….LOL. You keep pushing that wee beastly of yours and we’ll see you on the cover of FWW magazine. Great work Doc. thanks for posting Blkcherry
mtkate
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posted 96 days ago
wow. what a fun machine!
stefang
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posted 95 days ago
Looks like a pretty good result to me. Please let us see again when you get the right cutters.
-- Mike, American in Norway
wyeth
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posted 89 days ago
Interesting Larry,
I will have to try mine soon. One limitation is that the cutter can not be angled away from vertical (can it?)so that prevents any undercutting so for most relief carving the copy cant be perfect but could be a very good basis for later finishing off with hand carving tools?
-- David Australia
degoose
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posted 89 days ago
Yes David It can be angled but I would not recommend that for carving, might be a little dangerous.
Better to finish by hand.. it is great for roughing out.
-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au