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One of the big advantages for those of us with routers, we can pocket, mask, and paint as seperate pieces. I often us HP Vinyl letters, applied on panels. This also speeds up the finising process.
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[url]Http://www.glenspeymillworks.com[/url] *Techno LC4896 - 2.2Kw Water Cooled Spindle | *Moving Table Mill from an Omis 3 CMM, 500Lb granite base, Hitachi router, Mach3
One of the big advantages for those of us with routers, we can pocket, mask, and paint as seperate pieces. I often us HP Vinyl letters, applied on panels. This also speeds up the finising process.
That's a beautiful job Joe
What is HP Vinyl letters?
Nicolas,
That is high performance vinyl which is cut in a plotter.
If I was doing this job today I'd use Dibond or PVC for the letteering. But that was well over fifteen years ago and the materials weren't available. The major point being, with a router you aren't locked into having to paint the sign as a single piece. Most of my signs now are made in several pieces. Each being painted seperately and attached.
Joe Crumley
www.normansignco.com
what kind of wood are you using?
kevin
Thank you Joe, you are a real artist. I looked at your site and that’s an excellent job you did.
I will have a look in the stores and see what I can find. It will be an interesting experience
My local store carries various thicknesses of self adhesive vinyl rolls
I would cut the vinyl with my CNC router using 1/8”, 1/16” or 1/32” one flute bits.
Is there any recommended vinyl thickness there?
Why not use a drag knife on your cnc? You could make or buy a holder easily and attach it to the spindle. Just don't turn the spindle on!
[url]Http://www.glenspeymillworks.com[/url] *Techno LC4896 - 2.2Kw Water Cooled Spindle | *Moving Table Mill from an Omis 3 CMM, 500Lb granite base, Hitachi router, Mach3
That's an option I'm working on but I also read that some use the bit as a cutter.Originally Posted by Pplug
Why not use a drag knife on your cnc? You could make or buy a holder easily and attach it to the spindle. Just don't turn the spindle on!
So the question remains: is there a specific vinyl thickness guide line for cutting either with a knife or a bit
You should ask that in the right forum. This one gets buried and fewer people see it. I think my knives can dig about 1/16" on my cnc. I haven't tried it yet.
[url]Http://www.glenspeymillworks.com[/url] *Techno LC4896 - 2.2Kw Water Cooled Spindle | *Moving Table Mill from an Omis 3 CMM, 500Lb granite base, Hitachi router, Mach3
No problem Pplug, dont know which one is the right forum so I will experiment and find out which vinyl gives the best results. I guess there must be other variables involved besides the vinyl thickness like plunge speed, router RPM, feed rate etc.
When you say vinyl, do you mean like peel off vinyl we normally run through a plotter? Because I can't see a rotating bit working on that it will wrap up and gum up a bit quickly. A drag knife really is the right way to do that on a flat bed CNC machine.
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