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It is hard to believe that it was almost ten years ago I witnessed a CNC router in action for the very first time. I was fascinated with what I saw and simply had to have one! Although I had been in the creative end of the three dimensional sign business for most of my life I didn't really know what I would do with one - but I just knew it could do fantastic stuff.

Through extensive research and LOTS of hands-on practice I quickly found out that my MultiCam router was capable of just about anything imaginable.This journal will chronicle that journey to date and continue each week with two or three entries as I continue to explore just what is possible with this wonderful tool... -dan

Sunday, March 21, 2010

It starts with a sketch


Every project we do starts with a sketch. This one was done while I watched TV with my wife on our couch. There are far too many commercials but I put the time to good use. It's much more productive than going to the fridge for a snack.
Then I produce a vector drawing in EnRoute which will be used to produce the 3D routing files we need. This drawing took about an hour to produce. I broke the project into pieces, imagining how it would reassemble when the routing was done.I built each relief separately and then merged the pieces together for the final result. This is a screen capture of the file ready for tool pathing in EnRoute Pro.
Then the fun would begin for real on the MultiCam...

-dan