Graham Burgess is now "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!

Todd Bailey August 10, 2015

We are always touched when someone creates something special for a family member or friend using one of our CNC projects. Something that will be cherished for a lifetime, given at a very special moment. We never thought one of our halloween projects would show up at a wedding... but.. it has and it`s has never looked so good!

"Test run for ring box for my daughter’s wedding. She is having a Halloween theme``

``The finished ring boxes designed from Halloween 2. The slots for the rings will be cut when I have the correct size.``

Graham has also created this skull box using the same project. Love the way the bottom fits... looks great!

``I have sourced some 150 year old silver pine used as mine props during the West Coast gold rush. I enclose another job I did with it to show the beautiful finish possible with this ancient wood.``

``I am using a home built router running chain drive with a footprint of about 27x27 inches ( I am old enough to think in imperial) Mach3, VCarve Pro, Cut3D, PhotoVCarve and a couple of others to help me create my own STLs``

Two great projects and that wood.... looks so great!!

Thank you Graham for sharing these projects with us!

Consider yourself... Weekend CNC Warrior Approved!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make It Team

Hack of the Week No.65

Todd Bailey August 10, 2015

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:

Ornament Top, Globe, Holly - Home for the Holidays No.4 (free project)
Ribbon - Family Coat of Arms No.2

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!

Todd Bailey August 5, 2015

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!

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!