These look amazing! You have produced the absolute best illustration of how to do this type of engraving. You explained all of the steps in amazing detail. Thank you for taking the TIME to do this. 😊 👍 Andrew
Your halftones come out beautiful. What I liked to know is about that spray bottle you used to apply shellac? I haven't seen such a handy sprayer before and it looks very handy to apply a finish on small items or small productions.
Thanks so much! I haven't attempted the photo carving on MDF only because MDF doesn't cut cleanly. It always remains furry, and I didn't think that it would recreate the look I was going for. All 3 of the photos I chose have snow in them, so I wanted a board(wood) that was light enough that when sanded would look like snow. Going this extra little bit helps to achieve a more realistic representation of the photo. I'm glad you enjoyed all of the details! More to come 👍
Ok I truly fell in love with my cnc now after watching you’re video, I had NO clue it could due this, wow., now having said all that I have to ask how or what could you finish it, example could I epoxy over the whole thing? Here’s my idea, wife wants a stove top cover and I’d like to do this for her with a whole pic but I need to be able to put a finish on it so it doesn’t get destroyed and I’d like to layer with epoxy? What do you think?
That's awesome! I'm glad it sparked new interest for you. I think the epoxy over the top would work well, maybe try it on a smaller test pic and see how it does?
@@StudioZ72.createthis is the best vcarve video ever. I bought a laser after giving up on photo carving. What about using another coat of shellac on top? I use a lot of MDF and shellac and shellac primer has become my go to for just about everything.
Not bad at all, you could also play with the line spacing to achieve a darker image, hopefully this comment will not get removed like my last comment.......
Thank you! Yes, I thought about going a little deeper and maybe not as dense, but I was afraid it would look too fluted so to speak. I'm going to play around with this a little more and see how it looks.
These look amazing! You have produced the absolute best illustration of how to do this type of engraving. You explained all of the steps in amazing detail. Thank you for taking the TIME to do this. 😊 👍 Andrew
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! It's all in the details! 👍
All I can say is Wow.
Thank you!
Your halftones come out beautiful. What I liked to know is about that spray bottle you used to apply shellac? I haven't seen such a handy sprayer before and it looks very handy to apply a finish on small items or small productions.
Thanks so much! The sprayer is called Preval.com, and yes, it's really handy for small stuff when you don't want to break out the spray gun.
Your landscapes came out beautiful. Much thanks for your detailed explanation of your process. Have you done any photo v-carving on MDF board?
Thanks so much! I haven't attempted the photo carving on MDF only because MDF doesn't cut cleanly. It always remains furry, and I didn't think that it would recreate the look I was going for. All 3 of the photos I chose have snow in them, so I wanted a board(wood) that was light enough that when sanded would look like snow. Going this extra little bit helps to achieve a more realistic representation of the photo. I'm glad you enjoyed all of the details! More to come 👍
Looks great. Very thorough video. Thanks.
Thanks so much!
This is awesome! Going on the list to try out!
Yes indeed! I had no idea it would come out like it did (didn't think the machine could recreate the look) Glad you enjoyed it! Have fun!
Do you plan in applying a finish over the image?
I was thinking about it but I'm not sure, I'm afraid it might change the color too much. I may have to experiment on one of them.
Looks great
How long does it normally take to carve?
Thank you! All 3 of these took around 40 minutes each to carve at 120 ipm.
very cool result!
Thank you!
Ok I truly fell in love with my cnc now after watching you’re video, I had NO clue it could due this, wow., now having said all that I have to ask how or what could you finish it, example could I epoxy over the whole thing?
Here’s my idea, wife wants a stove top cover and I’d like to do this for her with a whole pic but I need to be able to put a finish on it so it doesn’t get destroyed and I’d like to layer with epoxy? What do you think?
That's awesome! I'm glad it sparked new interest for you. I think the epoxy over the top would work well, maybe try it on a smaller test pic and see how it does?
how about a link to your spray bottle you use for the shellac?
Sure, it's Preval.com
thanks for sharing! What's your feed rate and route RPM speed for the 69 deg V bit?
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it, 120 ipm and 18,000 rpm.
What would these look like if you applied a top clear coat? Have u ever tried that?
I haven't tried it yet, but I am going to. I'm probably going to use a perfectly clear water base urethane so it doesn't change the color.
@@StudioZ72.createthis is the best vcarve video ever. I bought a laser after giving up on photo carving. What about using another coat of shellac on top? I use a lot of MDF and shellac and shellac primer has become my go to for just about everything.
Not bad at all, you could also play with the line spacing to achieve a darker image, hopefully this comment will not get removed like my last comment.......
Thank you! Yes, I thought about going a little deeper and maybe not as dense, but I was afraid it would look too fluted so to speak. I'm going to play around with this a little more and see how it looks.