Tony Duderewicz - Customer Focus

Tony sent this in just before the end of the 2015 school year.

"Graduation plaque I made out of red oak,
measuring about 10 inches. Took me 3 hrs to carve."
"I like all your projects. I use a CNC Shark extended bed from Rockler.
I use Aspire from Vectric."

Tony used the Graduation Day No.1 CNC project for his finished piece!

"I've been doing cnc woodworking for 4 yrs now and really enjoy it. Been a woodworker for 35 yrs."

Glad to see an old school woodworker add this sort of technology to his toolbox!

"I used a .25 end mill for rough carving and for cutting it out. I use a .125 ball nose bit for finishing and a 90 deg v bit for the lettering. I used a clear gloss finish on it about 3 coats."

The finish looks great and the grain of the wood really adds to the look!

"I get a lot of ideas from your website and also lot of ideas on facebook from other people."

We always love to hear where customers get their inspiration from.  

Can't help but think how much Danae will appreciate the work that went into this keepsake.  Nice work Tony!

Thanks again Tony for sharing this project with us!

William Johnson - D&M Customer Focus

We love to see a great Design and Make CNC Project hack in our inbox!  William, from Wolf Creek Custom Wood, sure has created a great looking hack and final finished piece.

Raw part off of the CNC

"The finished size was 12" wide X 18" tall X 4/4 Poplar lumber."

"This is it, Maple, with Golden Oak stain and one spraying of clear gloss.
Doesn't look to bad, if I don't say so myself." 

Finished!

William used models from the Graduation Day No.1 CNC project to create this hack.  Also he has added in the fireman's maltese cross from his own clipart library!  Nice layout indeed!

William has made his own CNC from scratch!!!  He has a video on his Facebook page if you are interested in seeing in action! (link above)

Thank you William for sharing this project with us! 

Hack of the Week No.69

This hack came from a very real problem I had today.  Every year we take a picture of our Daughter in front of our house holding a picture frame with the words "First Day of Grade X".  The "X" being the year the the grade she is just about to start.  My only job is to have that white piece of paper printed with the text... and well... I forgot.  In the end I did sort it out... but if I had this hack my day would have been off to a much nicer start. 

Making the customizable plaque and leaving a space to velcro on the pre-machined and finished year pieces would have saved my hide!

This "First Day of School" plaque was created using models from these CNC projects:

The fonts we used to simulate the v-carving on this layout are called: Palatino Linotype and
Monotype Corsiva

Note - This hack was assembled in Aspire V8 for presentation purposes.  It could have been done in VCarve Pro V8 or VCarve Desktop.

Why not hack together your own layout mixing and matching models from other projects or from your own library!  For some great inspiration check out our  hacks page!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make Team