This demonstrates how I “ V carve ” the text into the material.

Once the paint dries I skim off a very thin layer from the surface.

This leaves very sharp detail in the text.

A plaque made for Kitchener City Hall display of the Slices of Market Life quilt display.

V carved and ready to paint.

Made for friends of ours, she is a quilter.

A piece of Black Cherry I carved for Mark and his family cottage.

Notice how the pocketed area where I placed the text is a different colour than the rest of the slab, the wood has just aged, in a short time it will all be the same colour.

Material is Black Cherry with a light stain live edge.

Here you can see the live edge a bit better.

This is my first attempt at 3D modeling.

Photos taken with my phone from the computer screen.

If I carve one like this I will provide better photos.

I can rotate the image on the screen to give a side or angle view.

I was asked to make a wall display plaque for a WW1 bayonet.

A 3D wall plaque to hold your keys.

A friend asked if I could remake this sign for her garden. A wooden sign outside in the weather is never a good thing, however she can do what she likes. I recomended a clear exterior weather type finish, but .

This material is designed for outdoor all weather exposure, it has enameled painted aluminum skin on each side with a UHMW plastic interior.I engraved through the aluminum skin to the black internal plastic.

This is White Ash Live edge she can use indoors. 10" by 22" by ¾" text engraved with a 90 degree V bit and the stem and leaves machined with a eighth inch ball nose.

The wood is white pine and the file was FREE from Vectric Aspire designed by Michael Tyler.
The roughing cut ¼" end mill and finishing cut I used a 1/16" tapered ball nose.
the final cut file was over 500,000 lines of code.

This is my first attempt at GLASING .
I changed the text to M and P for Mark and Petra, their wedding anniversary is this month, so this gift is finished.

I used the paints I happened to have on hand and I think I could have used better colours.

Mothers Day plaque for my Daughter-in-law. Designed by Beki and downloaded FREE from Vetric.com.

The wood is Black Cherry harvested from our wood lot. I altered the size from the original plans and edited the text.

The finish is a clear coat, the plaqe is 7 ½" diameter. Perhaps I should have added colour to the text.

Beki and Todd offer FREE design plans and tutorials once a week, these tutorials sure help me.

The wood is Live Edge Black Cherry harvested from our wood lot.

The names and date have been smugged for a reason, the text painted a light brown.

After the wedding I will post photos with the text exposed.

Yes the hockey sticks are there for a reason, the plaque is about 8 ½" square.

Black Cherry was cut from a branch with an elbow allowing the bark to border the engraved portion.

To fit the text to the engraveable area, I took a photo and measurments then imported that image and data to my design software.

The wood slab is about 50 inches long 12 inches high and one inch thick, I thickness planed it to three quarters inch thick.
Since my Y is only 18 inches and the material is 50 inches , I had to programed my machine to cut a tile style where the material is placed under the gantry and stepped thru and cut in three seporate steps. Matching up the engraving without showing toolpath miss alignments can be a challenge. But I have a plan.

Not a good photo.

I used a light stain to glaze the text and finished with a few coats of sealer and then acrylic.

This will look great hanging at their cottage.

Here is a photo taken in their home.

This was inspired by a neighbour and a unused scrabble board, I though I would try it on a slab of Birch.

It is about 18 by 14 inches and 3/4" thick, with key hole mounting slots on the back.

His Badge number in the maple leaf.

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A sign for a painters studio.

The material was the foot board from a Queen sized Black Walnut bed.

I found the bed at the side of the road on garbage day.

The border is the Black Walnut veneer and the core is Sugar Maple.

Sign is 24 inches wide by 13 inches high and three quarters inch thich. There are two key hole slots for hanging.

This is a close up of the V carved text, I used a 90 degree V bit and the border I used a round over bit .375. Finish is clear, no stain.

This is machined from Hemlock and is intended to be used as a snack tray.

A clear acrylic finish, I thought of staining but.

It can also be hung on the wall as a sign.

Note the finger slots at the ends for easy pick up.

This material is laminated with aluminum both sides and a plastic core. 24 inches by 9 inches high and eighth inch thick

It may be painted to suit or leave it as is.

This is the waste material image, I cut this with a eighth inch endmill.

The material is weather resistant and is intended to be used out doors.

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