tugnut1 Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 I had a request recently to cut out a Michigan State Spartan item to go along with the Michigan cutting board I did for someone. Because of the Spartan head logo, I can't cut it out like I did with the Michigan outline because the parts aren't all connected. I decided have the head stand proud as a full board instead of a cutout. Because I was afraid the image would get a little lost in the board that was all the same color, I came up with the idea to stain the board first and then cut out the background leaving the Spartan head stained. About 10 years ago, I had found out that you can get stain colored at Home Depot and this is just what I needed to do to keep with the school colors. Here is a picture of the piece of wood I started with. Here is the pictures of the colored stain and what the board looked like after the first coat of stain. Here is a shot of the computer screen during the carving process. I got pretty excited about how the image was turning out, so I took a picture after it was only 24% complete. I'll share some more pictures as it gets closer to being finished. Since the stain is water based and not the usual oil based stain that I usually use, I need to tinker with the finish that I am going to use. I am teetering between wipe on poly or polyacrylic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Very cool bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Nice! What's the difference between the two finishes and what do you like using? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugnut1 Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said: Nice! What's the difference between the two finishes and what do you like using? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk Polyeurothane is oil based I believe and the polycrylic is water based which works better with the water based stain. It also leaves more of a milky finish than the glassy look of polyeurothane. Note to anyone.....please correct me if I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugnut1 Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 The project finally came off of the X-Carve. It took in excess of 4 hours to cut out. I still need to do some work on it, but here is what it looks like so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Looks really good! Beautiful wood you got there as well tugnut! Jimbo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Dam man that's looks awesome,,,, how much do these X-Carve machines go for? Looks like you can have a ton of fun with these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Dam man that's looks awesome,,,, how much do these X-Carve machines go for? Looks like you can have a ton of fun with these $$$$$ throw in an arm and a leg too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 https://www.inventables.com/technologies/x-carve Starts at 950, full kit is 1500, they have a 200 dollar software upgrade as well Jimbo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thanks Jimbo, that's on my future list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo1310 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 They came out beautiful John!! Are you going to post the rockler cart mod to? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugnut1 Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 7 hours ago, Mondo1310 said: They came out beautiful John!! Are you going to post the rockler cart mod to? Hey Mondo, I posted it in the "In the shop" sub-forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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