I just carved one of Vectric's monthly project files. It is a wedding gift for my nephew. I'll paint it over the next couple of days.

Just finished carving and painting this 3d model golum from the lord of the ring hope you like it

I missed the live lesson on this on Thursday but have done a lot of stacked text. I have done this 2 yrs ago using aspire. Pocket is .25" deep, bottom text is .125"high and the top text is .15 high. I only used a .125 tapered ball nose bit for the toolpath. All I did was click on the vector border and do a 3D finish toolpath, that's it.

This is another custom 3D carved bench 100% designed in Aspire 12. Used 3" maple for legs and 2" for back and seat. Has the Bonneville Dam carved in the back.(It is a local dam here in the NorthWest on the Columbia river). The legs have the Army Corp of Engineers Castle carved on the ends. It is 36"H X 54"L X 23"W

This was a custom design/carve out of crotch maple using Aspire 12. It is 7" X 7" X 1". Going to Australia!

Chip Carved in maple , just under 12 inches in diameter.

Carved this cross in cherry, measures 11" x 7 1/2"

Hey Kyle, just wanted to say thanks for the help on the flowers for my plaque, Here is the pic of how it turned out. P.s the verse is the Lord's Prayer in German.

I decided to just use the rope border in the clip art because I wanted it going one direction.

Here are the 3dmodels made with Vistasculpt for Ted P i sent him the link to downliad them and if he wants to share these files he can do it. I did not clean them up perfect so play around with height and fine tune them to your liking Ted

Finally tried the tiling! Not as hard as I expected. Thanks for the guidance in your lessons!

Kyle, I used your wavey flag file for the front of this.

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Making these Soap/Lotion Dispensers to donate to our club. We have a booth each year at our County Fair. All proceeds go to Make-A-Wish Foundation. My inspiration for this was from an article in a Wood Carving magazine. This model is made from Cherry using 30 & 60 Deg. V Bits. Used miter fold techniques from earlier lessons. Grain match was perfect! Designed so the "Center" portion can have various design possibilities for easy customization. Sealed with Shellac prior to carving, then used Ebony stain in carved areas. Finished with Helmsman Spar Urethane.

I had a piece of popular left over from a sign that I am making and decided to make myself a unique sign for my office wall. I am the only maintenance man for 9 area plants and I'm the only person with old school knowledge left so there is a constant barrage of problems that end up on my slate. This is a sketch carving that I generated using AI (new school) quoting my response to my younger workmates. Surprisingly the CA glue broke loose about 6 minutes from the end of this carve and I was there to catch it and pause the program. This is the only time that this has ever happened to me and one time that I was glad to have a grid cut into my spoil board. There is one extra line cut into the carve from the movement but I'm the only one who will ever know which one. This was cut with a 1/4" 60 V-bit completely and took about 2 hours to cut. I put the chamfer on with a DA sander when I was finished since I couldn't trust my XY zero 100%. Oramask and airbrushed with acrylic art paint thinned down, (dries super fast) and cleared. Super hard to weed the mask but well worth the effort.

Finally finished the project. The top is plywood with maple veneer, the legs are maple with cherry accents and the base is oak. Designed in sketch up. Cut the top and curved pcs using vectric and Avid CNC.

My newest project, an Italian wheellock pistol RBG for LARP. Everything except barrel, ramrod, and brass thimble was designed and cut with Aspire.

Chip Carving, on 12x17 6/4 Hard Maple, epoxy filled Clock. Picture not so good. The shapes between the Letters/numbers on the clock face are also filled with epoxy even though they do not appear to be. First multi color epoxy pour on chip carve there are a few Boo-Boos but that is the old learning curve acting up.

Challenge completed ✅

A case for my son's Magic cards.

Made a keepsake box overall size is 11" wide x 10-1/8' x 6-1/2" high. Took a while to figure it all out, but Kyle's videos helped, thank you.

My first attempt at chip carving and epoxy resin all in one project. I found the chip carving easier to design than I thought, and the epoxy resin a little more challenging than I expected. I chose to use all straight lines in the carving, and I like the way it came together. I had hoped the star would have turned out a little more translucent to show the figure in the wood better and the detail of the carve but all in all I think it turned out pretty good. I do see where I will be able to incorporate both of these elements in future projects. Thanks @Kyle Ely for the chip carving lessons and @Tim Adams for the inspiration to try my hand at epoxy.

This exquisite carving of Jesus is crafted from premium maple wood, known for its fine grain and smooth texture. The 3D model is intricately detailed, capturing the profound expression and grace of the figure. After carving, the piece is carefully finished and stained to enhance the natural beauty of the maple, adding depth and warmth to the design. The result is a stunning work of art that embodies both craftsmanship and spiritual significance, making it a perfect addition to any home or sacred space.

I designed this using the chip carving lessons that we had recently. It was a really fun set of lessons! I had been wanting to do something similar and had tried in the past and was not successful. Designed the center of the carving and a few others using lesson guidelines. The others I brought in from the chip carving lesson templates from Vetric WUGM 2023. After I was through designing, it kind of looked like something from Brazil so I decided to name it "Save the forest" in Portuguese. Thus Salve a Floresta". I have it raised above a black board background.

Made this plaque for a great cnc friend who just turned 80. We have a group of cnc friends that get together every week and surprised him with a surprised Birthday celebration.

My nephew passed away so I made a lithophane of his parents' favorite picture.

These are copies of the 15th-century Glastonbury chair at the Bishop's palace in Wells, UK. I cut the pieces with the CNC, the pegs are turned on the ends with 4th axis, the shield design with the laser.

I built a Japanese style gazebo over a decorative bench. I used the CNC to cut the curved rafter and the curved 45° braces. I had to place all the items diagonally on my machine to fit. Next weekend, I will put the finish roofing on.

Wanted to make a unique project with ocean theme for a fund raising auction.

I followed Kyle's first lesson on chip carving and started by taking his "curved line" idea, but making each section a straight line. Then, I followed his process to offset and clip. From there, I took a vector image of a puppy and trimmed away the chip carve from the outside. This is the result. I used a 90° downcut V bit from Cadence Mfg for the vcarve toolpath. Finish is just 3 coats of spray shellac.

My son is a lineman for the local power company so I found this on 3Dwave and carved it out for him. My wife didn't appreciate it being a skeleton but my son loves it. I left it unfinished so he could decide the stain colors as he has just bought a house and it's not decorated yet. The oak board was badly cupped and the relief carving brought it back to flat. It was a little challenging to keep having to adjust my Z zero to compensate for that, but all in all it turned out pretty nice.

1st double sided carve. For a coworker who lost her daughter. Cedar

This was my first attempt at doing a relief carving, up until then I just did mostly v-carving and text for signs. I think it turned out pretty good for my first try. It was just a scrap piece of popular that I had left over from a sign that I made.

I think I shared a picture of this double-sided sign before it was delivered to the customer...I do not hang signs at my age. The daffodils were painted by my wife and are specific strains of the flower. Got this picture yesterday from the customer.

Changed a few items. I 3-d printed the knobs and top. The top is a friction fit. The body is 1.25 material but I pocket cut the openings instead of cutting different pieces. So the whole body is 1 solid piece. The base is 1” thick material

Here is my candy dispenser, I used sapelle in middle and bottom with corian for knobs and top (top still needs some work so it will fit into the top) added some laser and paint…next I’ll post my vectric version.

This was a fail in my opinion as I inadvertently switched the middle and front pieces gave it to a neighbor she liked it anyway wood is poplar. I really prefer the LYCNC ONE .

Another break-down camp chair in the works.

Nothing fancy, but made some ‘name tags’ for some of our hunting blinds on the property. Used some scrap ends from the treated 1x6‘s we used to build some new campfire chairs. Paint was rushed, so mistakes were made, but they’ll still serve their intended purpose.

After some help from Kyle answering some questions for me in the group I was able to create this for my daughters upcoming wedding, I am so happy with the way it turned out…….. thanks Kyle

Here is a spice carousel I made for my wife on the cnc. She loves it.

Another recent project. A wedding gift. Walnut live edge slab.

Needed a welcome sign for our side lot. got the Idea from a neighbor We have two corgis "Ben" "Nel"

Some of my work on display at Ferry park Gallery MacLean NSW au

This was my first major project. I decided a CNC machine can cut circles better than a drill press. This is for essential oils storage. I purchased a Shark HD510 for this. I used VCarve Desktop V10 for this.

Folks I recently made a heart shaped bowl out of Epoxy and Cherry Wood starting with an STL file I bought from a person named Corbin Dunn. Good guy but his products are intimidating to people at times - mostly because he mainly uses Fusion 360 - not only for the designs but the CAM portion also. I took one of his designs - that he released as an STL and went through Step-by-Step on how the design can be made using vCarve Pro - based on the information Kyle has been teaching us. Kyle's lessons were invaluable to me being able to do the project. To help others I made two YouTube Videos - one that discusses how to create a epoxy and cherry wood block to carve a bowl into, and the other on how to carve the bowl (from an STL) once you have the epoxy and cherry block. I will put a link to this playlist on my YouTube channel and although it seems like self promotion - what I hope is that it will serve as an additional resource for you to carve this bowl or any other bowl using an STL if you should want to tackle one. I will post a picture of the finished bowl. I am never sure how they will show up but will try. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuKRLARGPOzer7NCzMwsXZj_OAxDIS_k

My inspiration for this piece was from friends that lost a loved one. They came to me to create something for their good friend, the widow of the deceased. The tree engraved on the live edge walnut is native to the state they lived and the plaque was meant to be placed beside a favorite tree (of the same variety) in memory of the deceased. Techniques from the course that I used to create the plaque included information on v-bit depth of cut, how and why the different angled bits cut at different depths. I am still a novice and do not get much machine time and challenges have included depth of cut variances and node editing. Both covered thoroughly in Kyle’s courses. Thank you Kyle!

A project for weddings and Valentine's Day, so the CNC and Laser could bond.

Door hanger for grandson birthday party.

Three portable chairs all made with Vectric Aspire. The one on the left is an exact reproduction of a Sedia a Tenaglia, 15th-century Italian folding chair. The one on the right is a reproduction 16th-century break-down chair. The middle is a plywood camp chair for medieval reenactments that breaks down flat.

Making a 12" epoxy filled Tree of Life lazy Susan on bamboo for the misses. Made a rookie mistake and forgot to seal the edge and ended up with some bubbles along the edge after I poured the flood coat. Rev 2 is on the machine now, with sealed edges, and should be complete mid-week. Had some of the smaller pieces break, which I knew was going to happen, but it still turned out quite nice.

A double-sided house sign.

didn't need a house number but thought the challenge would be fun and I could try an AI picture. I cut this in scrap red oak and used the ai picture without making any changed to it.

His very first commissioned sign made with VCarve Pro.

First try at edge lighting. Thanks to Kyle's course. Next time I need to set the retract height lower, wasted a lot of time. I like the way it turned out.

Thanks to Kyle's help, I was able to complete this rotary project. The paint job is not up to much, but the model came out OK, I think.

Though I would add some of the things I have done. I enjoy being able to take an idea and create something you can hold in your hand at the end of the day.

Carved for a friend's daughter. The frame is unkown from the scrap pile, model is from Vectric Design and Make "western theme" the horses are from Dario and the timber is Osage Orange. Carve time is 12 hours using 1/4" EM and 1/32" TBN with 7 percent stepover, size is 300 x 210mm

First test inlay. It came out ok

Made this for an police officer who was killed in the line of duty The material is popular and it eas engraved with my new xt-8 laser from Opt lasers I stained it black and put painters paint on top then burned.

First post in this circle. I made 22 of these lot numbers for a friend's campground. They were my first try at stacked text and I airbrushed them.

I just finished a gift for a friend. It is 1.8” thick and the carving in 1.55” deep. I definitely used a roughing pass on this one. Roughing with IDC Woodcraft 1:4” hog, first pass 2mm tbn Final pass 0.5mm tbn

We have a gate so I added my phone number in case somebody needs in that doesn't have the code. It's also helpful for delivery drivers. This is on cedar from a tree harvested at a friends house and I used a diamond textured background. I kept the rough edge at the top and used a LOTR font from my wife's favorite movie.

A address sign I did for our home. The base is made from a old farm house roof that was being torn down and the numbers are made from figured maple designed in carve pro.

Here's a house number sign I made for my wife. She loves dahlia's so I took a photo of one of her dahlia blooms and Sketch Carved it and our house number into a piece of Corian. This is actually the second one, first one on the profile cut my Muscle Chuck came apart and ruined the piece. I'm not too impressed with that thing for near $80 for sure. Used a 1/4" round over bit on the edge and cut some keyhole slots in the back. That was the first time using the Keyhole Gadget since upgrading to V12 Pro. .

Made with PVC and painted. One is for a friend who is a Boston Crusader fan.

Made this sign out of King Colorcore HDPE. The material is 1/2" thick, black on each side and white in the center. I cut thru the black (approximately 3/32" deep) to expose the white center. This was for a home in Florida. Added the State of Ohio with a star showing the approximate area where the couple is from.

I’ve been using charcuterie board purchased at Costco (very inexpensive) to cut pattern then carve signs for some of my neighbors. Carve then hand paint then spar varnish, simple but neighbors liked them.

New to CNC, This is my first attempt at this. Sketch Carved my house picture and saved out as jpg image. Brought back in to Vcarve Pro to convert to SVG. Having a lot of fun. Thanks Kyle for sharing all your knowledge, makes the learning curve much shorter.

Made this one for a relatives lake house as birthday gift last month.

This address sign is 10 inches by 15 inches. The border frame is textured. It Has a 2D dog and 3D cat. Total carve was with 4 bits and took 5 hours 23 minutes.

I made this address sign out of pvc material in the shape of a Buffalo. I painted the white pvc black and carved the numbers in it.

My wife has been wanting to upgrade our house numbers, perfect timing!

A recent set of catfish related catchall trays I designed and cut for some work associates of mine (the upper set us in Maple while the lower is in poplar)

Applied lession from Vertric Inlay. 2.5D House Sign with Charlie | Vectric Worldwide UGM 2023

Inlay Tray Base is end grain walnut, I find that the end grain provides better quality inlays for fine detail using a TBN bit. Sides are Cherry.

First attempt at epoxy inlays. This was a test cut and I made the mistake of cutting the initial carve with a 90 V, when the job was set for a 60 on the first carve, which threw off the geometry for the rest of the carve. I almost threw it in the burn pile right away, but decided to continue with the process to get some practice. Definitely learned a lot from the making myself complete it anyway. On to the next.

I used a solid surface material call corian to make these plant stands. The stand on the left has some light green streaks in the material and used a bisque color corian for the top. The other one is white corian for the base and a gray piece of corian for the top. One is 10" high and the other is 7" high.

First Try

Crossbow stock with compound curve epoxy inlays

Just about finished with designing this one. any tips or ideas before it’s all baked permanently.

One nice thing about Vectric is there is always a work around for older versions. I have 10.5 and have not upgrade due to cost. After seeing the sketch feature, I decided to try using picture editor, trace bitmap and node editor. I used my Inkpen attachment . It took about 30 minutes but I have more time than money.

I am new to the CNC world and have completed my first design of a military plaque.

Made this thru-tenon footstool on the CNC for a new born baby gift. Used AI-Co Pilot to design an image of "baby Odin - Norse Mythological god". Super imposed baby Odin's face onto the AI designed image then lasered it on the footstool top. Simple CNC, simple laser but the AI was a great new experience - thanks to Kyle.

Here's a project, epoxy inlay, I complete a couple of weeks ago, This gentleman, Sgt Steve Smith, 18 at the time, enlisted in the Marines in the Summer of 1964. In October of '64, after boot camp, He and his battalion was sent on a top secret combat tour to Vietnam, which they could not talk about until after the 1964 election. He then did another combat tour in 1966. I decided to do an inlay of the "eagle, globe and anchor" in honor of his service to our country. A shout out to Shane Peters who helped me with this project

Made this for a friend's wife . She spent time living in Japan . These jewelry trays are made from Ash and used the sketch carving to engrave the designs inside the tray.

I just got my cnc about a month ago. This is the first project I made. It's a plaque for my son. I'm a full-time single dad. I've been solo parenting my son since he was 6mo old - he's almost 10 now. This is just to remind him that dad will always love him. "Just the 2 of us" is a lyric from a song that he latched on to when he was younger and has been something we say often at times when things get rough. Since this I haven't completed a finished project, but i've screwed up quite a few LOL.

First Wall Art File carve in several years. Carved on Cherry using a 3/8" ballnose for rough cut and 1/8" tapered ballnose for finish cut. Cut on 0.70" Cherry. Imported purchased STL file. Need to start develoiping some of my own art but wanted to carve something to get started. Now it's time to take it over the "finish line" - Punn Intended....

I did this sketch carving from a pic I found it using copilot. Kyle's video helped a lot. I put 2 coats of finish on before I put oramask on, than I used a 30 deg v bit carving thru the oramask and sprayed it black and peeled off the oramask and put a finish coat on.

For a friends 80th Birthday

I went on copilot today, asked for a CNC wood carving clip art style, then a text of “Let's carve something today!” This is what I got. I carved it on a spray painted flat black (12” x 24”) board with a 60° V bit. Love the scull on the front of the CNC bed! It is perfect for a sign behind my CNC! Little encouragement goes along ways! :-)

I did this sketch carving and then also combined the photo vcarve to it. Sigh for my daughter who loves to grill.

New to the group lots of great info here This toolpath is a great addition to VCarve Pro.

Hi, I made this crib board from a file from Vectric (Beki) on my CNC. The cover is Sketch Carved and made from a 3D file I purchased from Etsy. The Cribbage board & Cover is made from Hardwood - Birch, with a mixture of Dark and Light. I finish it with a clear satin finish.

We were leaving town for a few weeks so I only had a few days to try out the Sketch Carve toolpath. Used Copilot to generate an image of some Shorebirds along the seashore with guls in the background. Would have like to have more time to clean this up as its a little busy for my tastes. Used the tried and true method that Kyle suggests. Carve, seal, paint, sand, finish coat. I used wipe on poly for finish coat. Carved in Cherry w/60 deg Vbit. I'm really looking forward to exploring more options with this toolpath when I get back in the shop.

I created this for my neighbors who jar their own honey. I took a photo of the label on the jar and imported the image into V-Carve Pro. I created a pocket 1/8" deep, Sketch Carved the image w/ a 60 deg V-Bit, cut it out and chamfered the outer edge. Sanded w/ 240 grit and applied 3 coats of shellac. Filled the carve w/ black acrylic paint and once dry, sanded with 120 and 240. Finally, applied a coat of lacquer. This was my first effort using Sketch Carving. I like the result very much!

This project was a lot hard than I thought it would be. A friend made some a longtime ago with his Shopsmith so I said if he could do I could do it, I didn’t think it would be hard on the CNC. I design it up and added some of the Vectric features like fluting and chamfers, the biggest issue was the slot in the side, I had to drill it out and cut it with a saber saw. The other thing was glue shows after a spray it. But for the first one I will know what to look far.

I am using Kyle’s guidelines to create plaques. I create the bitmap in Copilot AI, image trace, and then VCarve. It takes less than 30 minutes to define the picture, vectorize it, clean up the vectors, and export the gcode.

Did another lithophane of my daughter and my son in law and the grandkids. The size is 6" x 12-1/2" I used a 1/32" tapered ball nose bit with a stepover of 11% took roughly 3-1/2 hrs

my daughter in law likes to walk her dog in a less than safe park so I made her this “dog walking tool” for a little extra protection.

I just carved one of Vectric's monthly project files. It is a wedding gift for my nephew. I'll paint it over the next couple of days.

Just finished carving and painting this 3d model golum from the lord of the ring hope you like it

I missed the live lesson on this on Thursday but have done a lot of stacked text. I have done this 2 yrs ago using aspire. Pocket is .25" deep, bottom text is .125"high and the top text is .15 high. I only used a .125 tapered ball nose bit for the toolpath. All I did was click on the vector border and do a 3D finish toolpath, that's it.

This is another custom 3D carved bench 100% designed in Aspire 12. Used 3" maple for legs and 2" for back and seat. Has the Bonneville Dam carved in the back.(It is a local dam here in the NorthWest on the Columbia river). The legs have the Army Corp of Engineers Castle carved on the ends. It is 36"H X 54"L X 23"W

This was a custom design/carve out of crotch maple using Aspire 12. It is 7" X 7" X 1". Going to Australia!

Chip Carved in maple , just under 12 inches in diameter.

Carved this cross in cherry, measures 11" x 7 1/2"

Hey Kyle, just wanted to say thanks for the help on the flowers for my plaque, Here is the pic of how it turned out. P.s the verse is the Lord's Prayer in German.

I decided to just use the rope border in the clip art because I wanted it going one direction.

Here are the 3dmodels made with Vistasculpt for Ted P i sent him the link to downliad them and if he wants to share these files he can do it. I did not clean them up perfect so play around with height and fine tune them to your liking Ted

Finally tried the tiling! Not as hard as I expected. Thanks for the guidance in your lessons!

Kyle, I used your wavey flag file for the front of this.

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Making these Soap/Lotion Dispensers to donate to our club. We have a booth each year at our County Fair. All proceeds go to Make-A-Wish Foundation. My inspiration for this was from an article in a Wood Carving magazine. This model is made from Cherry using 30 & 60 Deg. V Bits. Used miter fold techniques from earlier lessons. Grain match was perfect! Designed so the "Center" portion can have various design possibilities for easy customization. Sealed with Shellac prior to carving, then used Ebony stain in carved areas. Finished with Helmsman Spar Urethane.

I had a piece of popular left over from a sign that I am making and decided to make myself a unique sign for my office wall. I am the only maintenance man for 9 area plants and I'm the only person with old school knowledge left so there is a constant barrage of problems that end up on my slate. This is a sketch carving that I generated using AI (new school) quoting my response to my younger workmates. Surprisingly the CA glue broke loose about 6 minutes from the end of this carve and I was there to catch it and pause the program. This is the only time that this has ever happened to me and one time that I was glad to have a grid cut into my spoil board. There is one extra line cut into the carve from the movement but I'm the only one who will ever know which one. This was cut with a 1/4" 60 V-bit completely and took about 2 hours to cut. I put the chamfer on with a DA sander when I was finished since I couldn't trust my XY zero 100%. Oramask and airbrushed with acrylic art paint thinned down, (dries super fast) and cleared. Super hard to weed the mask but well worth the effort.

Finally finished the project. The top is plywood with maple veneer, the legs are maple with cherry accents and the base is oak. Designed in sketch up. Cut the top and curved pcs using vectric and Avid CNC.

My newest project, an Italian wheellock pistol RBG for LARP. Everything except barrel, ramrod, and brass thimble was designed and cut with Aspire.

Chip Carving, on 12x17 6/4 Hard Maple, epoxy filled Clock. Picture not so good. The shapes between the Letters/numbers on the clock face are also filled with epoxy even though they do not appear to be. First multi color epoxy pour on chip carve there are a few Boo-Boos but that is the old learning curve acting up.

Challenge completed ✅

A case for my son's Magic cards.

Made a keepsake box overall size is 11" wide x 10-1/8' x 6-1/2" high. Took a while to figure it all out, but Kyle's videos helped, thank you.

My first attempt at chip carving and epoxy resin all in one project. I found the chip carving easier to design than I thought, and the epoxy resin a little more challenging than I expected. I chose to use all straight lines in the carving, and I like the way it came together. I had hoped the star would have turned out a little more translucent to show the figure in the wood better and the detail of the carve but all in all I think it turned out pretty good. I do see where I will be able to incorporate both of these elements in future projects. Thanks @Kyle Ely for the chip carving lessons and @Tim Adams for the inspiration to try my hand at epoxy.

This exquisite carving of Jesus is crafted from premium maple wood, known for its fine grain and smooth texture. The 3D model is intricately detailed, capturing the profound expression and grace of the figure. After carving, the piece is carefully finished and stained to enhance the natural beauty of the maple, adding depth and warmth to the design. The result is a stunning work of art that embodies both craftsmanship and spiritual significance, making it a perfect addition to any home or sacred space.

I designed this using the chip carving lessons that we had recently. It was a really fun set of lessons! I had been wanting to do something similar and had tried in the past and was not successful. Designed the center of the carving and a few others using lesson guidelines. The others I brought in from the chip carving lesson templates from Vetric WUGM 2023. After I was through designing, it kind of looked like something from Brazil so I decided to name it "Save the forest" in Portuguese. Thus Salve a Floresta". I have it raised above a black board background.

Made this plaque for a great cnc friend who just turned 80. We have a group of cnc friends that get together every week and surprised him with a surprised Birthday celebration.

My nephew passed away so I made a lithophane of his parents' favorite picture.

These are copies of the 15th-century Glastonbury chair at the Bishop's palace in Wells, UK. I cut the pieces with the CNC, the pegs are turned on the ends with 4th axis, the shield design with the laser.

I built a Japanese style gazebo over a decorative bench. I used the CNC to cut the curved rafter and the curved 45° braces. I had to place all the items diagonally on my machine to fit. Next weekend, I will put the finish roofing on.

Wanted to make a unique project with ocean theme for a fund raising auction.

I followed Kyle's first lesson on chip carving and started by taking his "curved line" idea, but making each section a straight line. Then, I followed his process to offset and clip. From there, I took a vector image of a puppy and trimmed away the chip carve from the outside. This is the result. I used a 90° downcut V bit from Cadence Mfg for the vcarve toolpath. Finish is just 3 coats of spray shellac.

My son is a lineman for the local power company so I found this on 3Dwave and carved it out for him. My wife didn't appreciate it being a skeleton but my son loves it. I left it unfinished so he could decide the stain colors as he has just bought a house and it's not decorated yet. The oak board was badly cupped and the relief carving brought it back to flat. It was a little challenging to keep having to adjust my Z zero to compensate for that, but all in all it turned out pretty nice.

1st double sided carve. For a coworker who lost her daughter. Cedar

This was my first attempt at doing a relief carving, up until then I just did mostly v-carving and text for signs. I think it turned out pretty good for my first try. It was just a scrap piece of popular that I had left over from a sign that I made.

I think I shared a picture of this double-sided sign before it was delivered to the customer...I do not hang signs at my age. The daffodils were painted by my wife and are specific strains of the flower. Got this picture yesterday from the customer.

Changed a few items. I 3-d printed the knobs and top. The top is a friction fit. The body is 1.25 material but I pocket cut the openings instead of cutting different pieces. So the whole body is 1 solid piece. The base is 1” thick material

Here is my candy dispenser, I used sapelle in middle and bottom with corian for knobs and top (top still needs some work so it will fit into the top) added some laser and paint…next I’ll post my vectric version.

This was a fail in my opinion as I inadvertently switched the middle and front pieces gave it to a neighbor she liked it anyway wood is poplar. I really prefer the LYCNC ONE .

Another break-down camp chair in the works.

Nothing fancy, but made some ‘name tags’ for some of our hunting blinds on the property. Used some scrap ends from the treated 1x6‘s we used to build some new campfire chairs. Paint was rushed, so mistakes were made, but they’ll still serve their intended purpose.

After some help from Kyle answering some questions for me in the group I was able to create this for my daughters upcoming wedding, I am so happy with the way it turned out…….. thanks Kyle

Here is a spice carousel I made for my wife on the cnc. She loves it.

Another recent project. A wedding gift. Walnut live edge slab.

Needed a welcome sign for our side lot. got the Idea from a neighbor We have two corgis "Ben" "Nel"

Some of my work on display at Ferry park Gallery MacLean NSW au

This was my first major project. I decided a CNC machine can cut circles better than a drill press. This is for essential oils storage. I purchased a Shark HD510 for this. I used VCarve Desktop V10 for this.

Folks I recently made a heart shaped bowl out of Epoxy and Cherry Wood starting with an STL file I bought from a person named Corbin Dunn. Good guy but his products are intimidating to people at times - mostly because he mainly uses Fusion 360 - not only for the designs but the CAM portion also. I took one of his designs - that he released as an STL and went through Step-by-Step on how the design can be made using vCarve Pro - based on the information Kyle has been teaching us. Kyle's lessons were invaluable to me being able to do the project. To help others I made two YouTube Videos - one that discusses how to create a epoxy and cherry wood block to carve a bowl into, and the other on how to carve the bowl (from an STL) once you have the epoxy and cherry block. I will put a link to this playlist on my YouTube channel and although it seems like self promotion - what I hope is that it will serve as an additional resource for you to carve this bowl or any other bowl using an STL if you should want to tackle one. I will post a picture of the finished bowl. I am never sure how they will show up but will try. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuKRLARGPOzer7NCzMwsXZj_OAxDIS_k

My inspiration for this piece was from friends that lost a loved one. They came to me to create something for their good friend, the widow of the deceased. The tree engraved on the live edge walnut is native to the state they lived and the plaque was meant to be placed beside a favorite tree (of the same variety) in memory of the deceased. Techniques from the course that I used to create the plaque included information on v-bit depth of cut, how and why the different angled bits cut at different depths. I am still a novice and do not get much machine time and challenges have included depth of cut variances and node editing. Both covered thoroughly in Kyle’s courses. Thank you Kyle!

A project for weddings and Valentine's Day, so the CNC and Laser could bond.

Door hanger for grandson birthday party.

Three portable chairs all made with Vectric Aspire. The one on the left is an exact reproduction of a Sedia a Tenaglia, 15th-century Italian folding chair. The one on the right is a reproduction 16th-century break-down chair. The middle is a plywood camp chair for medieval reenactments that breaks down flat.

Making a 12" epoxy filled Tree of Life lazy Susan on bamboo for the misses. Made a rookie mistake and forgot to seal the edge and ended up with some bubbles along the edge after I poured the flood coat. Rev 2 is on the machine now, with sealed edges, and should be complete mid-week. Had some of the smaller pieces break, which I knew was going to happen, but it still turned out quite nice.

A double-sided house sign.

didn't need a house number but thought the challenge would be fun and I could try an AI picture. I cut this in scrap red oak and used the ai picture without making any changed to it.

His very first commissioned sign made with VCarve Pro.

First try at edge lighting. Thanks to Kyle's course. Next time I need to set the retract height lower, wasted a lot of time. I like the way it turned out.

Thanks to Kyle's help, I was able to complete this rotary project. The paint job is not up to much, but the model came out OK, I think.

Though I would add some of the things I have done. I enjoy being able to take an idea and create something you can hold in your hand at the end of the day.

Carved for a friend's daughter. The frame is unkown from the scrap pile, model is from Vectric Design and Make "western theme" the horses are from Dario and the timber is Osage Orange. Carve time is 12 hours using 1/4" EM and 1/32" TBN with 7 percent stepover, size is 300 x 210mm

First test inlay. It came out ok

Made this for an police officer who was killed in the line of duty The material is popular and it eas engraved with my new xt-8 laser from Opt lasers I stained it black and put painters paint on top then burned.

First post in this circle. I made 22 of these lot numbers for a friend's campground. They were my first try at stacked text and I airbrushed them.