Carved Skeleton

Bill. Great job. What did you use to draw the picture before carving?

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Thanks Karson. I really can’t take much credit for the skeleton (pattern). One of the CarveWright forum guys actually makes custom guitars and he created and gave me the pattern. All I had to do is import it into the CarveWright designer software and tweak it to fit my board. The machine does the hard work.

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

That is cool!

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

sweet . love it

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

Cool carving.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

very cool cajun ! thought i was the only “nut” that had a sound proofed dedicated guitar room / recording room !

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

Nice work, Bill. You’re getting good at carving, I see!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Great posting!

Been waiting for something carved with the CarveWright.

How big is the board and how long did it take for the machine carve it ?

What kind of tool tip does the machine use?

Regards
DAN

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

Jerry Garcia would be proud. Good job. I will look into a CarveWright. I have never heard of it.

-- http://dustynewt.webs.com/

Dan, the board is 24 1/4” x 9 3/8×3/4”. The CarveWright uses standard plunge type router bits, installed in a special holder – which allows you to put it into the machine. The bit used for this project was a standard 1/16 carving bit. It took about 40 minutes for the complete carving process and then about 20 minutes with a Dremel to clean up the fuzzies.

Any of you thinking about buying a CarveWright might want to wait awhile. There are still quite a few minor bugs in the machine and it can be frustrating (which is why I haven’t been using it much). I think that given time – it will be an incredible asset to the hobbyist. Before buying one, watch the CarveWright Forum for awhile and get a better idea of what it’s like. It does some incredible work.

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

Hey Now! Scott (Dustynewt), you stole the words right off of my lips (Like I told ya, what I said, steal your face right off your head).

Nice work, Bill. That machine has some great potential. Thanks for the straight poop and the link.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Hehe…i bet the son loves it.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

another dead head. how many times did you see em !

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

Coupla times…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Another nice piece, Bill. I’ve read through the Carvewright forums. It looks like a machine that is a worth concept with unfortunate shaky implementation. I wish them well in the future. I understand their customer service is quite good.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Nice work, wish I could carve. GO BUCKEYES!!!!!!!

-- Marty Ohio

Cajun, ya should have put a couple of craw-dad’s on there somewhere. Has he made any music yet? S/F

-- www.flickr.com/photos/egamarine/

That is a fine carving Bill, I would like too try that some day…

-- --Chuck

Didn’t pick up on this the first time around Bill. You really did a great job. Very cool.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Nice…..............my step son would absolutly love both the carving and your sons sound proof room

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Is this the same machine that is sold as the Craftsman CompuCarve? I have been looking at this thinking it was very interesting but I don’t understand how you would sand such and intricate pattern once it got done carving. I see you said it only took about 20 minutes on a Dremel but what attachment did you use?

-- Kyle, Michigan

Ah what a great sense of humor! You have to love that and smile as much as possible. This is so great and fun. Not scary but COOL! I could carve something smaller by hand and I’m looking at my dremel with a new eye! Thanks for the idea. Very nice.

You can’t get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make him dance

Anyone with a dedicated guitar room can’t be bad.

-- Maplewood, MN

I don’t know how I missed this one. It’s really nice.

Quite a time saver if your making something to sell,

but I think I’ll stick with my hand tools.

They’re all paid for. ;o)

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

Thanks for resurfacing my skeleton Karen, Rikkor and Dick. Dick, your carvings are far superior to those produced by this expensive machine. Wish I could learn to be more thrifty with my money – I’d have more.

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

Isn’t that what money is for?

Buy more tools!!!

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

That is insanely cool. That would look kinda need as a panel in some doors.