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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: First Litho LED Frame

« on: November 21, 2012, 07:38:25 AM »

lol! Yep, the images look pretty scary until the true subject comes to life when lit up. I've actually been looking for small 2- way mirror (in plastic so I can cut it without problems) so I can mount it in front of the carved piece. This way it's just a mirror until lit up.

Although, I must admit, part of the interest in these lithophanes is indeed the odd looking carving. 

Thanks all for the kind words-

Happy Thanksgiving!
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: congreve clock

« on: November 20, 2012, 07:41:11 AM »

Ditto!

What are you using to cut these beautiful works?

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: First Litho LED Frame

« on: November 19, 2012, 07:34:50 PM »

NICE job, Now a question. If you flip the engraving around so the smooth side is OUT does the image look the same with the light on ?

Just curious, (;-) TP

Thank you Terry, and no, it's VERY blurry, but I bet for the right kind of picture, it might actually look nice if it didn't require seeing much detail.

Thanks Brett!

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: First Litho LED Frame

« on: November 19, 2012, 06:46:31 PM »

Thank you very much, fellas, I appreciate that- 

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: First Litho LED Frame

« on: November 19, 2012, 02:11:09 PM »

More pics.........

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / First Litho LED Frame

« on: November 19, 2012, 02:09:07 PM »

Just thought I'd share an Xmas gift I just finished for my wife. It's a picture of our daughter (Alicia Mae) when she was a baby (21 years ago last month!!!). The litho was done using DeskProto as I already own it  :| and it is my first, so please be kind  :mrgreen:

The black walnut frame was all done using VCarve Pro, and it's about  5/8ths X 5-3/8ths X 5-7/8ths. I used those 12V LEDs on a reel that you usually see folks using for these. I wired it up to a 5.5mm barrel pigtail connector to accept a 12V power supply wall wart. I actually put a 1/16th piece of lexan in front as I didn't like the idea of the litho being exposed to collect dust and such. It also gives it a bit more depth as well.

I also wanted this to be a "stand-alone" type picture frame so I used a 5 X 7 picture stand from a picture frame we had being unused. I angled the bottom of the frame to match so it would sit nice and firmly.

Sorry about my pics as these are quite a pain to take pictures of. Also, on the animated GIF picture, wait for it to completely load so you can see the lit version as well!

Thanks for looking,
Dave

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: how to work the jcode recording plug in?

« on: November 17, 2012, 08:52:38 AM »

You can also see a tutorial video here (click on the JCode link on the left):

http://www.machsupport.com/videos/

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Flatbed scanner that doesn't stretch or skew?

« on: November 09, 2012, 02:12:13 PM »

Rich,

I got exactly .023" over nine much like you did, which is not bad.

Unfortunately the worst part of my particular scanner is actually the width measurement. Can I get you to scan the target/scale on the width as well?

Thanks again-
Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Flatbed scanner that doesn't stretch or skew?

« on: November 09, 2012, 04:42:44 AM »

Thanks, Rich, will check it out when I get home and report back to you.

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Flatbed scanner that doesn't stretch or skew?

« on: November 08, 2012, 07:45:22 PM »

Never got it, my friend 

Dave