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Creating shaped letters
This lesson is on creating shaped letters and by that I mean letters with a dome or bevel top. If the strokes of the letter are relatively even and the angle of the bevel or dome is shallow how you use the shaping tools is not as critical but for many lettering styles it matters a great deal. I started with a square shape and a letter ‘a’ once more. Then I selected the square and created a flat relief that was 0.3″ thick. Then I selected the box and the letter ‘a’ vector and used the bevel tool to modify the base relief by adding the beveled letter
Chrome Guitar Wrap
Today Rad had the pleasure of wrapping an Ibanex Strat Style Guitar body with Avery Chrome Vinyl. Looks great – Maybe he’ll wrap my car in chrome next…. – Steve All ready for the hardware, pickups and strings.
CSU Students use Precision Board to help them compete…
With the continuous support of Coastal Enterprises Company, CSUF's Formula SAE team has successfully finished a vehicle for the past five consecutive years. This coming year will be the first year they implement an aerodynamics package to the design. By using...
Merging highest and merging lowest
As we get into these lessons about how to use EnRoute it is important for those new to the program to start at the beginning and learn the basics before jumping to the harder stuff. Repetition is critical to learn it well. As you do each step predict what is about to happen and understand why. Then after each step take the time to render and look at all four views.
Let’s get started
First we need to make note that there are different versions of EnRoute. To create 3D files you need EnRoute Pro. I use the latest version EnRoute Pro 5. Earlier versions will do most of the things the later versions do but the speed of the program has really gotten much better of late.
Learning EnRoute – from the start
Next to the type of CNC machine we buy the next biggest decision will be the software we choose. Like the hardware we first have to educate ourselves in order to make the choice that fits our needs. In my case I was first advised by my MultiCam dealer who sold me the machine. He looked over the type of work we were currently doing and then asked me some questions. What did I want to do with the machine
Another train engine
Trains are one of my favourite things and any time I get a chance to build one there is no hesitation. The second phase of Cultus Lake Adventure Park is now underway and one of the new rides is a Run Away Mine Train coaster. There is a good sized mountain we are building as part of the attraction. A train engine balanced precariously on some blown out mine tracks will be part of it.
Denver 3 Day Workshop
There has been a change in the workshops. Our Sign Magic Workshop (formerly to be held in our shop in Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada) is now to be combined with the EnRoute Denver 3 day workshop. The final schedule is still to be worked out but this workshop will include much of what we teach in our workshops plus the techniques taught at the other EnRoute workshops.
Answering the call.
Here at the shop, we receive requests for sponsorships and donations more often than we can keep track of. Most of the time, we end up donating something, or buying an ad in a program and forgetting what it was even about. From time to time, there is a request that really pulls at my heartstrings and I decide to do everything I can to help people out.