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Old 09-14-2013, 01:53 PM   #6
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Default Re: Project of the Day : Giant Partagas Sign

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Originally Posted by Bax View Post
That's beautiful! What kind of machine do you have?
My machine is a Shopbot PRStandardBT48, Tim.
I used it to rough the letters out and work the border, then spent forever chiseling the letters to where I liked them.
I finally bought some really nice chisels and a good rubber mallet, so I think I'm a world-class wood carver now.
Sanding around all those letters and up the sides is sheer hell. If the sign weren't so big I could adjust my cut files to a much smaller stepover and it'd leave a cleaner finish. It is what it is, though.
Sometimes I think it'd be easier to just do the whole thing without using the cnc machine at all.
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