Praying Hands Plaque

Very nice. How long does it take to set up the machine to do this kind of work?

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Thanks for sharing this, do you start out with a model ?

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Bill, this is great. Cannot figure the species of wood on the plaque, but the hands are well done. I think Sears has one of those machines or a version of it.

Maybe the wood on the plaque might be a Pecan(?).

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

That’s pretty neat, Bill. What are the hands made of?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

WayneC – The carving time on the hands was about 1 hour.

Dick Cain – I’m ashamed to show my machine carvings after seeing your hand work. I guess those that can carve, carve and the rest of us use a machine. Yes, I purchased the model for the hands from VectorArt I take the model and import it into the CarveWright’s Designer software and create my project. It is saved to a PMICA (sp) card and then imported into the CarveWright machine for carving. The learning curve on the Designer software is fairly steep – but once you figure that out, the sky is the limit. It can carve up to 12.5” wide by an almost infinite length.

PanamaJack – yes, Sears is selling the same machine, under the name CompuCarve. The wood is not Pecan – I think it may be Gonco Alves (sp), but I can’t remember.

CharlieM – The hands are made from Maple.

I saw a Coat Rack in the Projects section and decided to try it on the CarveWright. Below is a picture of what it would come out of the machine looking like. Keep in mind that it will actually cut out the piece from the board. In this case the board’s dimensions are 12”x36”x.750” The little circles along the bottom edge are actually the holes for the Shaker Pegs. I had the machine pre-drill them at .250” x .250” deep.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I guess I’ll have to keep carving the old fashioned way. Trying to learn Sketchup is to much for me.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

It’s still a beautiful project. Thanks for showing us your secret. I’d bet Dick could do that by hand and you could’nt tell the difference. Jockmike

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they make a machine that can do this??

Still impressive, if you ask me!!

Beautiful

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

cajun. It’s not Goncalo Alves. the wood that I have has a lot more brown and it can have black stripes.

But does it feel very waxy. Goncalo almost doesn’t need any finish because of the internal oils.

I was thinking maybe basswood. if it is soft., harder than balsa wood.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Hi Bill

The CarveWright is quite the machine! Never knew there was such a thing. Of course me being a cabinet builder I visualize kitchen door designs, wildlife scenes in gun cabinets, organizations emblems and seals in the front of desks. I will definitely have to look into this machine after I get the shop up and running.

Thanks for the welcome!

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

However you got there the end product is very nice.

-- Maplewood, MN

I have got to learn how to carve. There are so many carved masterpieces in LJ I am truly amazed and intrigued :) Beautifully done :)

-- Dana,Texas