Aztec calendar

[Peter Odell]

Does anyone have the Aztec Calendar in vector

[Dee Gallo]

If you vector cut that design, wouldn't you just end up with a million little pieces?

:) dee

[Peter Odell]

Yes you are right Dee lets try this does anyone have the cdr file for it

[Ron Fairbanks]

There are a couple of versions here. Do a search for it.

[Peter Odell]

The one I found on here is a zip file and it won't open I tried it on w computers and it just won't open

[Lee DeRaud]

If you vector cut that design, wouldn't you just end up with a million little pieces?

:) deeHeh. The vector version is cleaner and scales up a lot better than the bitmap ones, but yeah, I set the line-width to 4 points and raster it. :cool:

[Lee DeRaud]

The one I found on here is a zip file and it won't open I tried it on w computers and it just won't openThe one you want is in this thread (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=40721)...as of five minutes ago, it opens fine on my machine.

[james mcgrew]

try this, i have carved it on the cnc and it may be the same one on the other thread

jim

[Dan Hintz]

Just vector at a low power... crisp lines, and doesn't cut all of the way through (unless you're using tissue paper :p).

[Keith Outten]

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[Jim Good]

Keith, I look forward to getting Volume II. There is a lot of "stuff" in Volume I.

Thanks for consolidating it all!

Jim

[Peter Odell]

Thanks every one for all the help

[Frank Corker]

No no no no! Not the done to death Aztec Calendar again!

[Scott Challoner]

Oh come on Frank. Don't be such a spoil sport. Everyone has to do the Aztec calendar. It's a rite of passage for laser engravers.:p

[Martin Boekers]

No no no no! Not the done to death Aztec Calendar again!

That's ok Frank it's only good for one more year, oh that's the Mayan
calander! :D

Sorry Frank I guess it will live on in perpetuality.

Marty

[Martin Boekers]

Frank, being as creative as you are it may be interesting for you to create
a Frank's calander!

One that would stretch the limits of the laser's possibilities. Yours could be the "New Standard" demo file!:D

All in favor say AYE!


Marty

[Bill Cunningham]

The Aztec Cal. is to the New Laser Owner, as the "Hello World" Line is to the new programmer :D

[Andrea Weissenseel]

*laugh* that's true Bill, Ive done them both :D

At a show last months the guys from, I think it was Versalaser, promised me to send me one of those real small ones and the CDR file for it. Haven't received them yet :( so I guess I won't get them anymore

[Lee DeRaud]

The Aztec Cal. is to the New Laser Owner, as the "Hello World" Line is to the new programmer :DYes, but have you done "Hello world!" on your laser?

[Joe De Medeiros]

Yes, but have you done "Hello world!" on your laser?

It was the first thing I did on an old scrap of wood, I guess it comes from my programing background. Never did the Aztec Calendar.

[Bill Cunningham]

Actually the 'very' first thing I did was the Iconic Marilyn Monroe photograph taken over the sidewalk grate:p.. I dated it, and put in on the wall over the entrance to my work area from the customer area. It was a greyscale, engraved into a piece of scrap wood from an old drawer. It was a complete shot-in-the-dark, and it came out looking pretty good, even by the current standards I have set for myself. I can't say that about my first rotary engraving test on some gray rowmark material:eek:. I still have the little piece of plastic that I engraved in the showroom of the supplier as a test of my first engraving pantograph before I bought it, and believe me, it was a mess. I also have my first vulcanized rubber stamp, and the first business card I ever made on my first hot stamping machine. They have all been sitting in a bench top drawer for the last 22 years marked 'least I forget'.. It helps me stay 'humble' :rolleyes:

[Chuck Stone]

No no no no! Not the done to death Aztec Calendar again!

But .. but Frank! Have you seen it yet in cold cast bronze? :D

I'm at 1:17:30 right now, and i'm about 3.5" into it.
(30w, 8 speed, various powers because of the 3D)

Looks like about 4 hours for the first pass, then another hour to make
a deep ring around the image to serve as a mold wall.

Should be interesting when it's done, but I wonder if it will be worth the time!

[Mike vonBuelow]

Has anyone done a Lo-Pan Calendar (http://klsmi.com/lopan/) ?

"Ne hao" world !

[Lee DeRaud]

Wasn't Lo Pan the bad guy in "Big Trouble In Little China"? :eek:

[Mike vonBuelow]

No, that was Lo Mein :)