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New Jukebox - Wurlitzer style - Spring construction has begun!
mccoy178:
Thanks! They did supply the Indian logo in pdf format. Other then that, the whole thing was created from scratch in about 2 hours. :cheers:
YoGaBaR:
WOW! That is gonna be one awesome juke. Any plans on sharing the cad files for the build??? ;D
melarky:
--- Quote from: mccoy178 on July 31, 2008, 06:07:34 pm ---Thanks! They did supply the Indian logo in pdf format. Other then that, the whole thing was created from scratch in about 2 hours. :cheers:
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Looks like you may be a vectric customer? Do you use Vcarve for your signs? I love their software, it's rare that I use anything else with my CNC now (makes it so quick). I only end up using other cad/cam program now if I need some super precise stuff, but for most things vcarve does the trick. Been wanting to try their cut3D program, but haven't had any real practical reason to buy it yet.
mccoy178:
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--- Quote from: mccoy178 on July 31, 2008, 06:07:34 pm ---Thanks! They did supply the Indian logo in pdf format. Other then that, the whole thing was created from scratch in about 2 hours. :cheers:
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Looks like you may be a vectric customer? Do you use Vcarve for your signs? I love their software, it's rare that I use anything else with my CNC now (makes it so quick). I only end up using other cad/cam program now if I need some super precise stuff, but for most things vcarve does the trick. Been wanting to try their cut3D program, but haven't had any real practical reason to buy it yet.
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Yeah, I have the vectric package. I've yet to use the cut3d myself, but I think the photocarve is awesome. Are you anywhere near Ohio? There is a big shopbot camp in September and one of the two creators of Vectric will be there along with almost anyone related to cnc. Of course it is a Shopbot event, but there will be plenty of reps there from supply companies and just good advice in general. :cheers:
melarky:
--- Quote from: mccoy178 on August 01, 2008, 03:19:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: melarky on August 01, 2008, 12:00:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: mccoy178 on July 31, 2008, 06:07:34 pm ---Thanks! They did supply the Indian logo in pdf format. Other then that, the whole thing was created from scratch in about 2 hours. :cheers:
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Looks like you may be a vectric customer? Do you use Vcarve for your signs? I love their software, it's rare that I use anything else with my CNC now (makes it so quick). I only end up using other cad/cam program now if I need some super precise stuff, but for most things vcarve does the trick. Been wanting to try their cut3D program, but haven't had any real practical reason to buy it yet.
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Yeah, I have the vectric package. I've yet to use the cut3d myself, but I think the photocarve is awesome. Are you anywhere near Ohio? There is a big shopbot camp in September and one of the two creators of Vectric will be there along with almost anyone related to cnc. Of course it is a Shopbot event, but there will be plenty of reps there from supply companies and just good advice in general. :cheers:
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Sounds like a lot of fun, but I'm in Utah, a little too far away to justify the expense and time off to go to it. I'm really impressed with the vcarve software, I have used it to make many 2D cuts (not using their Cut2d or whatever their specific 2d software is, but just plain old vcarve). I have cut a few arcades out using their software, the latest being those little namco arcade cabinets I was going to make kits for (I still will, just need to find the time to finish up the tool paths).
Photo vcarve is a blast, I've really enjoyed making lithopanes with that. I'm fairly active over at the vectric forums and have posted some of my lithopanes there, but maybe I'll post one here too. I cut mine out of little dollar store cutting boards (they come in about the perfect thickness, around 1/8", so I don't have to machine them down any to start, and I can cut them out after if I want to mount them in a light box or something).
This is one of the first lithopanes I carved, this is with no light source behind it.
Here is the same lithopane with a light source behind it, the picture doesn't do it justince, it's so much better in person, really neat.
Here is the source image, it's me and my wife when we visited Quebec one year, it was -40 degrees, hence the hats, lots of fun.
I cut that out with a v-bit too, it was before I had a nice micro ball nose end mill. They seem to machine much nicer now with that. I would love to try it out on some nice corian, I hear that stuff machines like a dream.
Anyways, sorry to derail your thread, your sign look great, and your juke box looks amazing. I want to do a similar project some day, I have a little touch screen computer sitting by waiting for a project like this, but chances are I'll just get lazy and buy one of those cheap small wurlitzer knock offs and stuff the machine in there :) Keep us updated on this jukebox, by far the most impressive one I've seen.