Hack of the Week No.65

A little early holiday inspiration for you.  It's never too soon to get a gift or two out of the way before the snow arrives.  Maybe even get a few pieces ready for that holiday craft show marketing piece.

This "Joy" door sign was created using models from these projects:

The fonts we used to simulate the v-carving on this layout are called:  Sitka Banner and CloisterBlack BT

Note - This hack was assembled in Aspire V8 for presentation purposes.  It could have been done in VCarve Pro V8 or VCarve Desktop.

A Little Something Extra

We have included a screen grab to help you if you would like to recreate this layout or something close.  This layout and component tree would be the same in VCarve Pro V8, VCarve Desktop and Aspire V8.

Why not hack together your own layout mixing and matching models from other projects or from your own library!  For some great inspiration check out our  hacks page!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make Team

Update - Home for the Holidays No.4 is now free for V-Carve Desktop and Pro users!

Last year we created the Home for the Holidays No.4 for a free giveaway that Vectric was hosting on their Labs Blog called the "12 Projects of Christmas".  At that time Aspire was the only Vectric product that could take advantage of our models... now that has all changed.  

We are happy to now be offering this project to Aspire, VCarve Desktop and Pro V8 Users (along with an STL and PNG version) for free.  That's right FREE!!!

Here is what you get when you download this CNC project:

  • 5 models
  • 1 Assembled Layout
  • Project Sheet

We have also created a "free to anyone" set of snowflake vectors for V-Carving and a special project sheet to help you use them and get inspired! The download link is available on the project page.
 

Even though we are now offering the .V3M installer on Design&Make it is still worth your while to visit the Vectric Labs Blog and take a look at the original post.  There is all kinds of great information on how to CNC and finish their layout.

Below are some other great layouts you might consider for finished projects!

Vectric's layout... looking good!

This project is primed for holiday hacking!  Add in models from any of our other Home for the Holiday  CNC projects or clip-art form your own library to really make an impression!

Let's get an early start of those holiday and Christmas gifts.  Sorry, but this year you won't have an excuse for not getting them done on time!

Click here to download your copy of this CNC project!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make Team

Happy Holidays 2014

We would like to take this "Shop Notes" post to wish all of our customers, fans and casual readers a Happy Holidays and a safe New Year!  

Thanks to all of you 2014 has been filled with some exciting changes and 2015 is looking pretty exciting.  

Don't forget to treat your CNC to some maintenance and a good dusting!  We are hoping you will use it even more next year and have many weekends filled with "Weekend CNC Warrior" projects! 

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The CNCminiProjects Team