Now, if one of you entrepreneurial types were willing to work out a kit with bundled software/controllers/motors/hardware for close to the $2000 the Carvewright sells for I would deffinitely be interested Until then I have to try to get some Sears POS machine to do what my true passion is: lutherie.Hi I know I would have 10x the machine if I went that route.

If I wanted to build a Joe2006, for eg, it would cost me $800 for Joes parts, $500 for controllers and hardware, $1500 for Rhino CAD + Cam + Mach 3, $500 for some used laptop with a printer port, hours of build and construction and about 10sqft of shop space. The point of it is that it has a CAD/CAM/Controller software built right in, takes up a very small footprint in your hobby guarage or shop and costs $1850. If it gets burried again with no takers, I guess I need to let it die.įor those of you with money to burn, a Carvewright must seem just stupid. Who cares if it is not perfectly bookmatched? I bumped my post at the CW forum once. All you would need is to buy a short length of 2x8 from Home Depot, be choosy about getting it as QS as possible, and joining two 24' lenghts side to side. Hang that in your sign store and you would draw a lot of attention. If it even came close to working you would have an awsome conversation piece. If I had a machine I think I would try it even if I wasn't a luthier. In any case, the 15' limitation is pretty deadly for this application. I am not going to buy a machine just to see if it would work. No one on the CW board has expressed any interest in trying it out for me. Of course, it doesn't look like we will know. I'm not sure that is going to cut it for tone. I use the acceleration to give it a dome rather than just a ramp, but it is all by eye. I give the top a black fill and the recurve outline a 13% black and blend. Still, the best I can do is to know that the deepest part of the recurve is 7/8 from the top of the arch. Blend allows for a blending of shapes as well as color. The shape under the bridge is roughly egg shaped and does not have the nodes of the outline. I find blend easier since contour is looking for exactly the same number of nodes. If they don't, well I've learned a lot in the process ! No, I don't have a machine, I'm trying to get a lot of practice in before they make a 240 volt version for Europe(if ever).

I've been doing some work trying to come up with a more controllable method of producing 'greyscale' drawings in Draw to import into the carvewrite programme, so I may be able to pass on some ideas. Can you tell me if you just used 'contour' in coreldraw ?

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