Hello everyone,
I've been working with quite a bit of 1/64th in Finish Birch plywood from Midwest Products Co. The thickness is a great approximation of what you would use for 2" thick materials for modelling. It's also fairly rugged. I can cleanly cut to a thickness between cuts of 0.016" without becoming charcoal.
On the down side, its cutting speed it unbelievably slow. I'm running a file right now that takes 4 hours to cut one sheet of 12" x 24" pieces. Not bad if you don't mind living with your machine.
I'm attaching a picture of an example of what I've been able to do. It's a shot of a 48" x 40" wooden pallet scaled down to 1/87th the original size. The amusing part about this is that I am very passionate about this work, but I find it unbelievably anal to make jewelry. Too bad for my lovely wife.
So, here's the question. Does anyone have any suggestions for substition materials?
Looking forward to your reply,
John Esberg