engraving

Proxxon IB/E

Just received two of the Proxxon professional rotary tools (IB/E) last night. One I will use for testing and design a mount for the CNC HB2 machine. The other is inventory for the THMStore. First impression is WOW! This is one very nice high speed hand tool. It does deserve the title “professional.” This tool is amazingly quite, far less noise than say a well oiled sewing machine. It makes the competition sound like a tornado siren....

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Vectric Forum

I have been having a great time posting over in the Vectric Forum. That’s the place where the software I use for the lithophanes and wood carving came from. If you like the little projects I have shown, take a cruise through the galleries in the forums. There are a lot of great looking projects on display. Also a lot of good ideas for future projects for me! ~ Dan’l

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V-Carve Engraving

This is some more photo engraving work done with the VECTRIC software and the Taig Micro-Mill. The mill working area is only 5.5″ x 12″ but that is good for making these 5″x7″ engravings. The first picture is Shopdog VAC “Bingo”. You can see he looks better here than in the top down view farther down the page. The second picture is daughter Shelley who sometimes makes comments here in the RamblinDan Blog. These are...

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