Visit to Carvewright (long w/pics)

[Bob Swenson]

If you go to their Web site and check FAQ you will find most of the answers.
The machine cuts both raster and vector.
In May they expect to release a Surface scanner to go with the machine. It all looks good to me!!

[John LeBlanc]

We are patiently waiting for our new toy.

I'm patiently waiting for someone to call me back (or return my email.) I contacted them late Friday, so I'm guessing it'll be Monday before I hear back.

I sent my dad to the web site -- he wants one, too. Depending on shipping charges, I might just drive to Houston to pick them up.

That'll make a fine a picture: my dad, me, my daughter, and my graddaughter -- four generations all making chips in the shop using a computer. Who'd have ever thought that?

John

[Keith Outten]

It would seem that the Turners don't own the only "Slippery Slope".

[Per Swenson]

John,

This is priceless, you wrote,

"That'll make a fine a picture: my dad, me, my daughter, and my graddaughter -- four generations all making chips in the shop using a computer. Who'd have ever thought that?"

Only because a little over two years ago I was a confirmed

luddite, computer illiterate, and scorned the notion

of this tool in my everday life.

Ha! Showed me, didn't they.

Per

[Vaughn McMillan]

...
Only because a little over two years ago I was a confirmed

luddite, computer illiterate, and scorned the notion

of this tool in my everday life.

Ha! Showed me, didn't they.

Per

I've only "known" you for less than a year, Per, but it's been fun reading your reactions and observations as you walk boldly into the 21st century. Sawstop, Incra, Carvewright, etc. Your "luddite" opinions of these things have carried a lot of weight with me and helped me in some of my own purchases.

- Vaughn

[Matty McQuilkin]

I have had my CarveWright 4 days now it’s awesome. Have already got 2 paying jobs, well worth the investment.

[John LeBlanc]

I have had my CarveWright 4 days now it’s awesome. Have already got 2 paying jobs, well worth the investment.

Ah, more fuel for the fire.

Anything about the CarveWright rubs you the wrong way? The software seems awfully easy to use. I fired it up and created things without reading the help manual. (I like to live on the edge. Ha.)

John

[Matty McQuilkin]

nothing yet I'm still trying to figer out pricing.

I'm Charging

Design time @ $65.00 per hour.

Carving charge $0.74 per sqr inch for Standard Carved text for the first
8 characters. $12.00 for each additional character.

[Joe Pelonio]

[quote=Dan Racette]Well my point was, that you don't need vector to have high quality.
quote]
I had to pipe in on this one. I use a couple of knife/pen plotters for cutting vinyl for signs (as well as the laser) and sell large format digital printing which I sub out. Any time you want high resolution vector is better for highest quality. A vector file can be sized larger or smaller with no difference in quality. To print say 36"x120" output in decent quality you'd need at least a 300 dpi rastor file which would be as much as 20+MB and still have pixelation. With a vector file, color filled, you'd have a much smaller file size and better quality in the end. When it's ripped it's rastorized but the better the input the better the output.

[Shari Loveless]

I'm curious. Do you have to sand on these carved pieces to make them smooth for some sort of varnish or sealing? If so, what do you recommend? I am really thinking I'll order one of these just to try making small signs with. Can you do Corian too? How about sandstone?
Shari

[Bruce Volden]

Shari Loveless ~~ I'm curious. Do you have to sand on these carved pieces to make them smooth for some sort of varnish or sealing? If so, what do you recommend? I am really thinking I'll order one of these just to try making small signs with. Can you do Corian too? How about sandstone?
Shari

Shari, I sent Chris some solid surface (Corian, Avonite et al) over a week ago, along with some cherry and wild grained oak. I will post some pics when they get returned to me. I have to see the results before I "pull the trigger" and order one. Sandstone carving????---sounds like a bit eater to me??!! Bruce

[Cecil Arnold]

Shari, when I was at the office the piece we cut was in pine, which is not the best medium as you may know. We used a small brass brush to "sand" the finished figure. For sign making you would not need to do much sanding IMHO, unless you were adding some type of logo. One thing I saw was a sign that had been cut, then painted, followed by surface sanding that left a nice color fill to the sign.