Very nice. It’s always stressful for me when I do something I never done before. So many steps that have to be done in the right order. Thanks for sharing.
Great project I would look at getting a custom dust shoe for the spindle for easier removal of the shavings. To reduce the stress do the epoxy work as separate parts and then inlay them into the tray as a finishing step. IMHO Great CAM work shows in the finished product (: (:
This is a great point. The Marine Corps is known for many things but not for their taste and skill in the arts. I'm kicking myself now that you pointed this out because what matters in these epoxy inlays is how closely it matches the original. I should have made a point of showing the original squadron patch in the video for comparison. Won't make that mistake again.
FIRST - I would have likely made the emblem an entire plaque that just gets "inlaid" into the bowl. That was probably a PITA working in the bottom of the bowl like that.
Did you design the tray yourself? Would love to make something similar with my own rank and unit patches. Also, thank you for popping the air bubble in the mineral oil at the end. It was driving me nuts.😂😂 Semper Fi, Brother!
I designed the tray in fusion360 and the rank insignia and squadron patch were converted to svg from regular images. You can probably find nice sharp svg's of your unit patches on etsy for a few bucks If you want to save some time.
Ty, what was your final sanding grit on the epoxy? BTW, if you are in the SoCal area our CNC Inland Empire Woodworking club would love for you to give us a presentation.
@Mattvalor I think I took the epoxy face to 800g on this one. 220-400g is usually about as far as the wood needs to go but the epoxy can benefit from the extra attention. Then again in this case the real life patches are not glossy so there was no need to polish all the way to 3000+ Wow, I am very glad to hear that your group is enjoying my work. I am not in California but I am more than happy to chat any time. There was another person on here asking about some of my fusion360 settings for this project and I was planning to punch it up in the video description. Maybe you all will find that useful as well.
Ty, I mixed translucent yellow dye with epoxy to fill small flowers, but after curing you can see straight to the bottom of the mahogany. What dyes to you use that are not translucent?
Material cost? Maybe 10 bucks. I get the walnut from a local hardwood supplier. Straight from the scrap offcuts bin for $3/lb. Epoxy isn't cheap but probably just a few dollars worth is used here. Labor cost? Well.... 😂
I know its asking a lot, but what feeds, speeds, depth of cut and types of endmills are you using? Did you do the cam using fusion? The rough resembles mastercam.
Great Job from an Old US Army Vietnam veteran who is trying to learn how to do epoxy inlays on my CAMaster CNC.
Very nice. It’s always stressful for me when I do something I never done before. So many steps that have to be done in the right order. Thanks for sharing.
Holy Schitt!! That is ABSOLUTELY BAD ASS!! Very inspiring! You definitely got a SUBSCRIBER!!
nice job. you will be over a thousand subs in no time.
Can you leave a link to router bits. That you utilized. Looks amazing!!
Great Job!!! I like your spoil board set up as well.
Great project I would look at getting a custom dust shoe for the spindle for easier removal of the shavings. To reduce the stress do the epoxy work as separate parts and then inlay them into the tray as a finishing step. IMHO Great CAM work shows in the finished product (: (:
*Looks Great!!! What Proxy did you use?*
Looks great!
Nice work 👍
there ar no mistakes, just differences that make it unique.
What type of color pigment do you use? Old Army guy here, love Marines. Semper Fi.
I don't care for the design, but that's an amazing job.
This is a great point. The Marine Corps is known for many things but not for their taste and skill in the arts.
I'm kicking myself now that you pointed this out because what matters in these epoxy inlays is how closely it matches the original. I should have made a point of showing the original squadron patch in the video for comparison. Won't make that mistake again.
FIRST - I would have likely made the emblem an entire plaque that just gets "inlaid" into the bowl.
That was probably a PITA working in the bottom of the bowl like that.
👍👍👍👍👍
Did you design the tray yourself? Would love to make something similar with my own rank and unit patches.
Also, thank you for popping the air bubble in the mineral oil at the end. It was driving me nuts.😂😂
Semper Fi, Brother!
I designed the tray in fusion360 and the rank insignia and squadron patch were converted to svg from regular images. You can probably find nice sharp svg's of your unit patches on etsy for a few bucks If you want to save some time.
Beautiful work...the camera did not capture the carving out of the letters, which appeared to have been filled with black resin a second time. Yes?
No, the lettering was done during the red step after the black flood fill.
Ty, what was your final sanding grit on the epoxy? BTW, if you are in the SoCal area our CNC Inland Empire Woodworking club would love for you to give us a presentation.
@Mattvalor I think I took the epoxy face to 800g on this one. 220-400g is usually about as far as the wood needs to go but the epoxy can benefit from the extra attention. Then again in this case the real life patches are not glossy so there was no need to polish all the way to 3000+
Wow, I am very glad to hear that your group is enjoying my work. I am not in California but I am more than happy to chat any time. There was another person on here asking about some of my fusion360 settings for this project and I was planning to punch it up in the video description. Maybe you all will find that useful as well.
@@TyMakesStuff Yes sharing files would be great...as a newbie to CNC using VCarve Pro, I am still struggling with the cad/cam. thanks Ty
Ty, I mixed translucent yellow dye with epoxy to fill small flowers, but after curing you can see straight to the bottom of the mahogany. What dyes to you use that are not translucent?
Wow beautiful work ❤how much cost
Material cost? Maybe 10 bucks. I get the walnut from a local hardwood supplier. Straight from the scrap offcuts bin for $3/lb. Epoxy isn't cheap but probably just a few dollars worth is used here.
Labor cost? Well.... 😂
I know its asking a lot, but what feeds, speeds, depth of cut and types of endmills are you using? Did you do the cam using fusion? The rough resembles mastercam.
is each element a different cutting program??
Yes that's right. I bundled each machine opp by color.
What epoxy and coloring did you use?
Total boat general purpose epoxy and a combination of mica powder and alcohol inks for the pigment.
Were the squadron patch and SSGT directly imported or was there a conversion program involved?
I converted the original images into svg's and cleaned them up a little using Adobe Capture and then imported to fusion360.
@@TyMakesStuff thanks so much. Just started w/my CNC gathering as much info as I can. Great job, air wing Devil Dog, I’m assuming
Once upon a time.