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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2008, 10:13:39 PM »
Everybody needs a chuckle now and again. Glad to be of service. Ain't nothin' in life free though. That will be $1.57 please.
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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2008, 07:08:39 AM »
I'll gladley pay you Tuesday for a good laugh today.  ;D

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;D If you could see the things I have in my head, you would be laughing too. ;D

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2008, 03:10:31 AM »
A big thanks to Kent for a copy of his code. Such a wonderful white tiger.
I reduced the image to 1/2 size but even then it took over 8 hours to complete the 342,000 lines of code.
I have included images of the finished lithophane, the half way stage (after 4 hours) and how I amused myself in between doing other things on what will probably be one of our last summer days this year here in the UK.
PEACE

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2008, 06:56:59 AM »
As usual, very good Tweakie.

Brett
;D If you could see the things I have in my head, you would be laughing too. ;D

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2008, 10:41:06 AM »
Indeed, and a good choice for a nice "crisp" refreshment as well -  ;)

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2008, 03:53:36 PM »
Looks Good Tweak, and your welcome.

by the way the 10 inch versionĀ  only took 3 hours  give or take 15 minutes ...

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2008, 09:09:15 AM »
Hi Kent,

I think you said that you used 'Corian' which is perhaps not so prone to melting as the 'Plexiglas' that I used so I had to reduce the feed rates quite a lot. Not sure if I can buy Corian here in the UK but it seems a good material to use for all sorts of jobs.

Once again, many thanks for the code.

btw. If you post any more Lithophanes I will be on the scrounge for the code you know.
PEACE

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2008, 01:57:17 PM »
A source of corian might be a place that makes Kitchen or bathroom counter tops. You could prolly get it without much effort there. Corian is also great for making 3D stuff too. Check out Scotts post here. http://vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=821. I would love to get some nice thick slabs of it myself. I bet you could make some nice turnings with it. The litho'sĀ  look awesome, by the way.
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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2008, 10:28:43 AM »
Sam gave good advise on where to find it . They also use it for shower / bath walls this will only be .25 thick  :)
I have been buying .25 off of eBay . I have a good stock of .5 inch I befriended a guy who works in counter top business,
so I get some cut outs and other stuff they don't want :) I make him some templates,signs or what ever else he likes ...


I got a piece of white extruded acrylic, I am going to give it ago as the corian is expensive and hard to get . The corian is real nice doesn't scratch easily,
I am afraid the acrylic will .... you can have reweld problems with corian if spindle to high and feed to slow ...

Have a good day   Kent

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Re: Lithopane
« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2008, 12:19:24 PM »
Thanks Sam
Thanks Kent

I am going to start looking for it.
PEACE