I just found this. Excited to see it. I want to do some panels over and on both sides of a doorway with celtic designs but don't know where to start. No clue about cnc routers or how to draw and load the designs, etc. Would you be able to help with that? Jin
Hey Jin thanks for watching the video. There are a ton of good youtube channels out there with intro to CNC videos. One that comes to mind is Winston Moy's channel. He talks about what CNCs are, how to use them, and how to create designs / objects. ruclips.net/user/WinstonMoyplaylists Hope this helps get you started on your CNC journey.
Man that came our great, I would love to get the files for that cross, I'm just getting into cnc myself. do you use vcarve for your drawing program? all the best brian
Thanks Brian, I was also pretty pleased with how the end product turned out! Unfortunately the .NC file that contained that program was on my old Shop computer that crashed so I am unable to share the info, sorry. I do all of my design using Inkscape and MakerCAM. Inkscape is a free / open source vector graphics editor. You can draw any design you can think of in that program. Once you have an image from Inkscape, you can import the file into MakerCAM. MakerCAM can then be used to create Gcode from the image you uploaded from Inkscape. In my “DIY Nursery Name Sign With CNC” I go into how this process works /looks. Hopefully this helps you out, and good luck with your CNC.
That is a good question! I have deleted the original video not sped up so I am not 100% sure how long this took to cut on the CNC. I would guess that the V bit portion took about 45 minutes or so, I don't push my CNC too hard. Cutting out the Cross from the wood probably took another hour. The CNC I use is home built, which means I tinker with it a lot. In this video the CNC is set up similar to an X-Carve. In my more recent videos you can see my current CNC design is more like a Shapeoko, and could probably cut out this same project in half the time. Thanks for watching!
First. Biggest fan ever!!!
I just found this. Excited to see it. I want to do some panels over and on both sides of a doorway with celtic designs but don't know where to start. No clue about cnc routers or how to draw and load the designs, etc. Would you be able to help with that? Jin
Hey Jin thanks for watching the video. There are a ton of good youtube channels out there with intro to CNC videos. One that comes to mind is Winston Moy's channel. He talks about what CNCs are, how to use them, and how to create designs / objects.
ruclips.net/user/WinstonMoyplaylists
Hope this helps get you started on your CNC journey.
@@orangelabengineering2923 thanks a million. I'll check that out.
Man that came our great, I would love to get the files for that cross, I'm just getting into cnc myself. do you use vcarve for your drawing program?
all the best
brian
Thanks Brian, I was also pretty pleased with how the end product turned out! Unfortunately the .NC file that contained that program was on my old Shop computer that crashed so I am unable to share the info, sorry. I do all of my design using Inkscape and MakerCAM. Inkscape is a free / open source vector graphics editor. You can draw any design you can think of in that program. Once you have an image from Inkscape, you can import the file into MakerCAM. MakerCAM can then be used to create Gcode from the image you uploaded from Inkscape. In my “DIY Nursery Name Sign With CNC” I go into how this process works /looks. Hopefully this helps you out, and good luck with your CNC.
If you can remember, how long did it take to get the job done? 2,3 hours for the cnc? More? Also, what cnc are you using?
That is a good question! I have deleted the original video not sped up so I am not 100% sure how long this took to cut on the CNC. I would guess that the V bit portion took about 45 minutes or so, I don't push my CNC too hard. Cutting out the Cross from the wood probably took another hour. The CNC I use is home built, which means I tinker with it a lot. In this video the CNC is set up similar to an X-Carve. In my more recent videos you can see my current CNC design is more like a Shapeoko, and could probably cut out this same project in half the time. Thanks for watching!
Wow, what bits did you use?
Cheap "V" bits for the carving and the 1/8" bits for the cutting.
@@orangelabengineering2923 I think I finally would like to try building this! Do you still have the file by any chance?