1st Acrylic

[damonawsgt]

Well here was the end results of trying out the acrylic. Now to get some LEDs.

[tonydude]

What tool did you use to carve it with? It looks like you carved it from the front instead of reversing the image and carving it from the back. I always reverse the image in the program and I use a .0625 Ball nose bit with a carving depth of .001-.002 deep. Once in awhile I'll use a90 dog v bit.

Tony

[tonydude]

Looks like the step over on your tool isn't small enough leaving lines when carving.

Tony

[damonawsgt]

yep I guessed I messed it up. I used a diamond drag bit from widgetworks with a 90 degree bit. The stepover is what is confusing me the most. If I have it set to 0.0 it gives me a time of 58 hrs for run time. I also used vcarve 7.5 to program it and then used the quick engrave option. I wasn't real sure how to set the diamond bit up to use as an end mill.

[tonydude]

It's listed under specialist bits in tool database.see attachment

Tony

[damonawsgt]

Thank you soooo much. I was using the specialist setting and selecting the bit but no clue on stepover. Guess it is time for trial 2 lol. I truly do appreciate your insight as the acrylic is a whole new world to me.

[csnyder3]

looks pretty good to me for the first time. I'm a newbie at all this and have been wanting to try this also, where do you find the file for the harley sign?

[damonawsgt]

Google image search.