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No, it’s not for my house. My oldest son, an avid guitar player and collector, asked me to carve something to put in his “guitar room”. He’s got it so bad that when he built his new house he dedicated a room for his guitars and sound proofed it so he could play to his heart’s content (bless him, he lives right across the street from me). This was carved with the CarveWright on some Cherry. I had several pieces of 1” – 1 1/2” pieces lying around and glued up this panel.

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


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Karson

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posted 234 days ago

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

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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cajunpen

5291 posts in 466 days


posted 234 days ago

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/

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CharlieM1958

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posted 234 days ago

That is cool!

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 234 days ago

sweet . love it

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

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RobS

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posted 234 days ago

Cool carving.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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mrtrim

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posted 234 days ago

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

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TomFran

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posted 234 days ago

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

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

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DAN

2627 posts in 383 days


posted 234 days ago

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 !!

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dustynewt

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posted 234 days ago

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

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

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cajunpen

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posted 233 days ago

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/

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 233 days ago

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).

The-Grateful-Dead---Steal-Your-Face-Poster-C10290947

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.

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miles125

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posted 233 days ago

Hehe…i bet the son loves it.

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

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DAN

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posted 232 days ago

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

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 231 days ago

Coupla times…

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

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mot

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posted 229 days ago

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)

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bigpops0259

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posted 201 days ago

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

-- Marty Ohio

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EGA

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posted 201 days ago

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/

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grovemadman

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posted 157 days ago

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

-- --Chuck

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PanamaJack

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posted 136 days ago

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

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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roman

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posted 136 days ago

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

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

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kshipp

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posted 136 days ago

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

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Karen

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posted 123 days ago

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

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rikkor

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posted 123 days ago

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

-- Maplewood, MN

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Dick Cain

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posted 123 days ago

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

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cajunpen

5291 posts in 466 days


posted 123 days ago

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/

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Dick Cain

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posted 122 days ago

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

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DaveT

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posted 111 days ago

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

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