Football, Football, Football

Football, football and more football.  All good things must come to an end and for the NFL, Feb 1st is that day for this season. Thankfully there is always a game on TV, at a local school, university or college to be taken in.  

One of our best selling projects has been the Pick-Up League Football project and our customers have really enjoyed using it.  How do we know you ask?  Well not only have we gotten email but also a fair number of finished project images.

For you football fans this newsletter is packed with some great examples of how you might use our football themed project in your offerings or weekend projects.  If your not a football fan then consider this an opportunity to see see how others are using our projects and just how versatile they are.

Jevon Lewis - Weekend CNC Warrior

Note... Jevon used the plaque from the Pick-Up League Basketball project in his first 2 layouts!  Nice work!!!

Tom Watson - Weekend CNC Warrior

Note... Tom created the layout for the cribbage board (its not included with the project).  What a great idea!

Kevin Kennedy - Weekend CNC Warrior

Note... Kevin decided not to cut out the plaque shape, instead he framed the plaque with wood.  Good call and they look great!

Pretty sure you will agree the examples above are very nice and the workmanship is top notch. 

We'er lucky to have customers who trust our models and use them to create such amazing projects.

This  football project is packed full with  models:

  • Goal Post 
  • Helmet
  • Football
  • Football with texture
  • Sports Plaque
  • Football Jersey

All 6 for just $25.00!

If you have used this project or any of our projects and would like to share what you have done feel free to email us a finished image!  We would love to see it!

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Be safe and let the chips fly!

The CNCminiProjects Team

Uncle Henry you are "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!

Uncle Henry has been busy working with and learning with the help of our mini-projects and we could not be any more happy with his success!   

"Here is a photo of the part I cut using the sample heart and banner. It was quick and easy."

" I use a Legacy Arty 36. using a Bosch router.
For more complicated vector designs I use TurboCad but do most design work using Aspire.
The piece I sent you was made of poplar purchased at Lowes, the oval was made using the create model subtract and your models were placed on top using add plus some tilt and fade. The name was done using the Oklahoma typeface distorted to generally follow the ribbon. It was cut using a 60 degree v-bit.
The cadeus as I said was lifted from Google images placed over the heart left of center and cut using a 22 degree v-bit.
The finished part was sanded down to 220 grit, sealed with 2 coats of Bull's Eye shellac and then a final coat of Minwax polyethylene.
The carving was painted using Testors airplane paints. I flood the letters and graphics then wipe off the excess using mineral spirits on a paper towel and Q-tips."

It's always great to see what customers do with the free mini-projects we offer!  Nice job Uncle Henry! and thanks for all of the extra information.

Uncle Henry has also purchased a couple of our mini-projects hand has put them to good use.

"As I said I tried the project as outlined on the tutorial but modified it for the Dollar Store candle. Works well except I cut the text with my 22 deg v-bit and it cut too deep. I think I will change it to cut depth limited to 0.075 inches."

Here is a great use of the Farm Fresh No.1 mini-project... we never thought of a rooster clock.  It kinda makes sense though. 

"Here is a picture of the rooster clock fresh out of the shop, I cut it from a piece of poplar from Lowes. I roughed it with a 0.50 end mill and then did the finish in two passes, 0.25 ball nose and then an 0.0625 for the numbers and rooster. The only thing wrong is that the 0.25 leaves too many corduroy streaks and then going back the second finish pass cuts a little deep and leaves a shadow mark. I used a quartz movement from Klockit, the hole I made was too small and I chipped the bird a bit when I enlarged it but fortunately it glued back in place. I need to stain and finish the piece including painting the rooster and numbers."

Thank you Uncle Henry for the great images and all the the time you took to compose the workflow into easy to follow text!

Uncle Henry you can consider yourself "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!  

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The CNCminiProjects Team

Kevin Kennedy you are "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!

 

"This is my first CNC Mini Carve and my 3rd carve ever. Very happy with how it came out look forward to doing more."

Yes, Kevin, you should be happy.  Glad we could be part of your 3rd CNC project!!!  

"I am using the carvewright C version and I have designer 3 software. I just purchased the machine in September and with a lot of help from people on the forum I am up and running and in fact have sold 6 of these plaques already."

Below are 2 more of Kevin's projects he made using the Pick-Up League - Football mini-project.

I think we can all agree that Kevin is creating some pretty nice pieces!!!  His attention to his finish scores big points and we are sure the recipients of the plaques were more then happy!

Thank you so much for sharing and, Kevin, you can consider yourself "Weekend CNC Warrior" Approved!  

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The CNCminiProjects Team