Fun project

[Scott Shepherd]

Here's one I did this weekend. The "sample" is a printed piece of paper that's shown here. They wanted a maple border with a sapele center. I was happy with how close it came to matching their sample print. Just for reference, it's about 3/4" thick and 17" in diameter. The customer provided the design, I just made it come to life.

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[Bill Munroe]

Really, really nice, Scott.

[Chris J Anderson]

Thats awesome Scott.

How did you make the flag section ?
Is it sublimated ?

[Mike Null]

Steve
Very classy work. Chris has a good question as that flag work is stunning.

[Scott Shepherd]

Thanks Guys! The flag is 3M IJ-180 cast vinyl film with a gloss laminate, printed on our latex printer and applied to 1/8" black acrylic. The letters ended up being my biggest headache. They were Rowmark brushed silver and the foil on the cap sheet was distorting on the serifs of the letters. That was the challenge for that job.

[Don Corbeil]

That's beautiful work, Steve.

[Gary Hair]

Very nice work Steve!

[Tony Lenkic]

Superb work quality, Steve.

I'm sure customer was pleased with finished plaque.
One more question on flag process........Did you apply printed image on acrylic than laser cut for registration purpose?

[Scott Shepherd]

Superb work quality, Steve.

I'm sure customer was pleased with finished plaque.
One more question on flag process........Did you apply printed image on acrylic than laser cut for registration purpose?

Thanks so much, everyone! Nice to hear from such a highly respected group :)

Tony, I actually cut it on our Summa plotter to shape, then I just peeled the decal off the backing sheet, aligned the two tips furthest apart and then laid the rest in place by hand. My original plan was to print it, apply it to the vinyl, and cut it, but I thought I'd try this before I went that route and it worked exceptionally well and was really easy and it lined up great.

[Dan Hintz]

Show off ;)

[Scott Shepherd]

Show off ;)

:D It's not too often I can post my work because of the nature of the things we do, so it's nice to be able to post something for a change and get comments from people I respect...and you :p (only kidding) :D

[Ross Moshinsky]

Who supplied the wood rounds?

[Paul Phillips]

Excellent work Steve, that's what separates the men from the boys, anyone can buy the equipment but not everyone has the skill and expertise be successful at it!

[Dan Hintz]

:D It's not too often I can post my work because of the nature of the things we do

I know the feeling... I really do :-/

[Scott Shepherd]

Who supplied the wood rounds?

Me! Made them all myself.

[Ken Shea]

Thanks Guys! The flag is 3M IJ-180 cast vinyl film with a gloss laminate, printed on our latex printer and applied to 1/8" black acrylic.

Not sure what you are saying there :) but the end result is fantastic!

[Mike Chance in Iowa]

You certainly made it come to life! Beautifully done.

[Art Mann]

I agree with your original post. You did, indeed, bring the design to life. It has great eye appeal.

[Scott Shepherd]

Thanks everyone! It's being presented at an event this week and people are coming from England to be part of the ceremony. Hopefully they'll all be happy with it.

[Jeffrey Dewing]

I'm just getting started in this business, and can only hope to doing thing that look that good someday... Looks great!

[Phil Thien]

Holy smokes that came out beautifully!

[Keith Outten]

Nice job Steve, your machinist skills are showing :)
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[Mayo Pardo]

Really nicely done!
Could you describe how you attached the letters to the wood ?
Did you first engrave the design into the wood so that you had a reference for positioning the parts?
Or did you pocket everything on the shopbot with a really small bit (1/16th ?)
Back in the day we would have either used a pounce pattern or carbon paper!

[Scott Shepherd]

Thanks Mayo. I'm not that complicated. I put 3M glue sheet on the back of the sheet I cut the letters from, took a piece of posterboard stock (thick paper), cut the inside circle and all the inside stuff out. Then I just dropped the paper down onto the wood, oriented it, and started sticking things down. When it's all stuck, just lift the posterboard up and toss it in the trash.