Others never buy the new model that first year, preferring to wait until all the bugs have been worked out. Many people like to be first to have the new-model car as soon as it comes out. So you might be wondering, is it as cool as it looks? You bet! But it is not without issues. We decided to take a chance and try this new technology out. Coincidentally, just as Sears began carrying the CarveWright CompuCarve, my employer was in need of a large number of carved appliqués for a major kitchen build. At around $2,000, it seemed too good to be true. So earlier this year, I was very interested to learn of LHR Technologies’ CarveWright CNC Carving Machine. I’ve programmed, run, sold and serviced them. I’ve been working with Computerized woodworking machines (known generically as CNCs) since the mid-1980s. I then applied a Cut Path to each backboard outline to complete the layout.This little machine still has its new-kid-on-the-block quirks, but its cost-to-capability ratio is quite impressive. Using the CarveWright DXF Importer, the backboard outline was placed into the CarveWright Designer software, copied and pasted into a new project so I had two of them on one board. The Backboards for the bookends were simply the shape outline which was drawn in Aspire, then exported as a DXF file.
All the Aspire models were saved as STL files, then converted to CarveWright patterns using the CarveWright STL Importer.The pocket cut out for each lower base section was done within the CarveWright Designer software itself. The Base sections, as well their classic decorative routes, were also created in Aspire (as raster carves for the CarveWright).Gluing two halves (four sections) together yield the complete 3D horse head. These two sections make one half of the horse profile. The horse relief model was created in two separate sections.the lower section is the horse mane relief combined with a plain/flat profile of the horse head.the top model section is the face and neck detail relief. I imported a graphic scan of my sketch into the Aspire software as my guide during modeling. The horse head was created based upon a full-scale hand-drawn sketch I made.The entire project is designed to be carved and cut out with just the two standard bits that come with the CarveWright machine (a tapered 1/16" ballnose and a 1/8" straight cutting bit). Each completed bookend weighs about 2½ pounds, for a nice quality “heft” (I poured Zinc-Plated BB's in a cavity/pocket hidden in the base.) The horse head itself is about 2" wide at the widest point. The finished dimensions of each bookend are approximately 7" tall x 4" wide x 6" deep. This project features full 3D stallion/horsehead profiles on classic-styled, weighted bookend bases. Here is the latest project I created for the CarveWright/CompuCarve Project of the Month (for September 2010).
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