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This is a piece of Black Cherry cut from our bush lot, 12" by 9" , in this operation I am pocketing the area I intend to carve the 3D image and text. |
I flipped the plaque over and used a spacer in the area I had just pocketed to engrave and carve the key hole to hang the finished plaque. |
I used a ¼" flat bottom up cut end mill to hogg out or remove unessary material but left .040" above the final cut. You can see the outline of the stork image. |
I changed cutters to a very fine tip tapered ball nose. The tip width is 1/16" or .0625". |
I started the engraving final finish cut in the centre of the image and will follow the oval patern until it reaches the outer edge. |
The tip of the cutter steps over only 8 percent of the diameter at the tip, this relates to removing a path only .006 about the thickness of a piece of paper. |
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The finish cut with the tapered ball nose took 48 minutes to complete, this gives a very fine finish that requires very little clean up. |
The next step is to engrave the text, here I used a 60 degree V bit double flute which gives me a nice clean cut finish. |
A little closer look at an angle to show the 3D image. |
The date on the photos is not the date of production. I finished this December 4 2019 |
Removing the clamp hold down devices, and getting ready to finish. |
I used a clear satin acrylic spray finish, 4 coats between drying periods. |
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Looking better. |
A view of the back side, the hanging key hole, my name and details regarding where the tree came from and when. |
A close up of the 3D image and text details, I would have prefered to have the text coloured, perhaps black or dark brown. |
Another view of the back side. |
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This is Black Cherry stained with a light brown stain. |
My first Baby Wall Plaque. |
This is a nice piece of White Ash Live edge.. |
The Plque is about 10 inches wide 12 inches tall and three quarters inch thick. |
The little feet are 3D modled ant the text is engraved. |
With a light glazing stain makes the text and modeling stand out. |
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I made this spring of 2024, so the camera date is wrong. |
The wood is Black Cherry from our woodlot. |
The stork and carry bag are 3D carved at about .115" high. The outside border moulding was machined with a ball nose milling cutter and shape was produced by me. |
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