This is the result of the roughing tool path, a ¼" end mill removes the majority of material. The text is engraved using a 60° V bit.

Once the paint dries I skim off a very thin layer (.040") using a series of ball nose endmills leaving a smooth surface.
Glenda cut my hair for many years, deciding to retire December 31 2025.

This is a close up of the comb, I used a 0.0625" ball nose end mill to remove the material between the teeth of the comb. The plaque may be hung on the wall.
The plaque is 9 inches by 6 inches.
The scissors and comb stand about 0.050 above the finished surface.

January 17 at Glenda's retirement party,
I think Glenda likes the plaque.

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.
The bayonet sits on two stainless pins but the tip of the blade hung spaced away from the plaque, so I pocketed a strong magnet in the back that now holds the blade tip flush with the plaque.

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.

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.

A photo of the plaque in their home above sliding doors, October 2021.

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.

Wedding anniversary.

For a friend placed in his man cave.

I designed serving trays that also serve as a wall plaque, there are slots on the back for wall hanging.
The tray is 16 by 8 inches with finger pockets at each end.

The wood I use is White Ash from our wood lot, cut, air dried, cut to board size with my sawmill, then used in my projects.

Made for a friend to be sent to Germany as gifts.

Welcome to our home in German.

The bottom or back of the serving may be used as a wall plaque hung using the slots.

Made for a friend as a gift.

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J.M. Schneiders Dutch Girl Logo.
The back of the coaster edge is removed so the coasters may be stacked with the raised portion fitting into the pocketed area of the coaster below.

The image is in a pocket 0.125" deep and V carved with a 60°bit.

The material is White Ash ¼" thick.

I made many of these as Christmas gifts for the JMS Golden Age Christmas Dinner, December 10 2025 at the Harvest Moon.

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