Awesome! Congratulations on getting your machine up and running. Welcome to the community. I hope that you subscribed. As you can see, I have many videos that hopefully will help you get going. You're welcome, I glad that this video helped you.
how do you make your base level? I have been carving and its not level when I try your videos. can I change out the bottom of the board and redraw my own lines? how do you suggest this attempt at leveling the bottom platform. all my wood is level but its carving deeper in other parts than others. thoughts?
First build the frame on a totally flat surface. That should help a lot. If it is not parallel to the gantry, then you can skim the surface with a flat bit. You do not need lines over the entire bed just a few along the x and y axis where you place most of your projects.
Hey, I have a 4mm thick square acrylic sheet that I want to cut but I only want the upper two sides to have the round edges. Is there any way to do that? Thanks
Thank you I am new at this like 1 week new I do vinyl signs and painted signs ,I wanted the x carve to add to my sign Business I am doing ok at it but this will help me ,thank you Clay
Clarence Warner Thank you for your Comment. If you are doing signs as a business, the Easel software is very limited. Check out some of my videos that show the software VCarve Desktop or VCarve Pro by Vectric. By all means look at their product. It is great. I plan on additions videos using the Vectric products. Easel is great for very simple quick projects. Again, thank you. Please consider subscribing to my channel.
My Father in law is a retired Marine, I've been wanting to carve something for him with the emblem on it for him but can't seem to find a clear enough image to vector myself. Is any chance you would be willing to share the image in an .SVG or similar format?
I have been using Easel for about two years now and it has improved greatly. The basics are the same in that it is a very easy entry level (FREE SOFTWARE). In addition to many new features and apps that have been added, behind the scenes a lot has taken place. The Easel Pro will continue to advance. This was a major step forward for Inventables. Easel Pro is the additional of many new fonts to chose from and the ability to use V Bits. You get four free days per month using these features. Thank you for the question. Hopefully, you have subscribed because I have other videos planned using Easel. Again, thank you.
I've learned more from your videos then I have from anyone else!!!!! So thank you very much!!
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching my videos. I am happy that they are helping you.
thank you I have easel pro, i will see if it has even more features Cheers, have a great
day
Yes, they have added quite a bit since this video was done. Thanks for watching
Great videos! Answered many of my questions. I just got my carve completed and tested today. Thank you
Awesome! Congratulations on getting your machine up and running. Welcome to the community. I hope that you subscribed. As you can see, I have many videos that hopefully will help you get going. You're welcome, I glad that this video helped you.
I can't believe Easel does not have something better than this to curve text.
Me too. Easel has improved greatly over the years and I believe that it will continue to improve
@@PawPawsWorkShop Yes Easel is great, I just wish I could do more with shaping the text.
Time to move to VCarve Desktop by Vectric
Ahh! Great tutorial PaPa, explained the question I had re: bending text in Easel. Thanks so much man and have a great day!
Excellent! You're welcome
Great Content!!! I have been wanting to play around with curved letters.
Awesome. Just realize that there are numerous ways to accomplish the same thing. Thank you very much
Great video pawpaw. Keep it up. I learned something and I'm new to the cnc.
Awesome! Thank you very much.
Ooh Rah! Thanks for the tips and a big Semper Fi, brother!
Thank you for your comments and your service. The military was a big part of my life for a number of years.
I think it's really cool that George Lucas takes the time to show us his CNC machine after we said all those things about the prequels.
Good morning
What would you consider a slow speed when working with plastic or acrylic? Thank you
You will need to adjust speed so that the plastic does not melt. You want it to cut. If it melts, you’re to slow
Is there different versions of easel then the one through inventables. Your lay out is different than the one I have.
Easel has updated several times since this video was done.
I was having trouble with the rounded letters, thanks!
You're welcome. I'm glad that it helped you.
Thanks for the vid. Doesn't the "I" seem a bit off?
It might be. All you have to do is move it to a point that you like.
how do you make your base level? I have been carving and its not level when I try your videos. can I change out the bottom of the board and redraw my own lines? how do you suggest this attempt at leveling the bottom platform. all my wood is level but its carving deeper in other parts than others. thoughts?
First build the frame on a totally flat surface. That should help a lot. If it is not parallel to the gantry, then you can skim the surface with a flat bit. You do not need lines over the entire bed just a few along the x and y axis where you place most of your projects.
Hey, I have a 4mm thick square acrylic sheet that I want to cut but I only want the upper two sides to have the round edges. Is there any way to do that? Thanks
Thank you I am new at this like 1 week new I do vinyl signs and painted signs ,I wanted the x carve to add to my sign Business I am doing ok at it but this will help me ,thank you Clay
Clarence Warner Thank you for your Comment. If you are doing signs as a business, the Easel software is very limited. Check out some of my videos that show the software VCarve Desktop or VCarve Pro by Vectric. By all means look at their product. It is great. I plan on additions videos using the Vectric products. Easel is great for very simple quick projects. Again, thank you. Please consider subscribing to my channel.
thanks very much, you helped me a lot.
You're welcome. I'm glad that it helped you.
Tried that app with three words of a business, (Health Spa Resort) didn't play ball like the pro option had.
I’ll have to look at the app again. It has been a long time. I normally use VCarve to do the curved letters
My Father in law is a retired Marine, I've been wanting to carve something for him with the emblem on it for him but can't seem to find a clear enough image to vector myself. Is any chance you would be willing to share the image in an .SVG or similar format?
Do you use Easel? Also, Google is your friend. There are many images there to choose from and some are already in SVG format
Easel seems much more capable nowadays ....most youtube videos from 2015/16 saybeasel is useless....has it changed in past 2-3 yrs?
I have been using Easel for about two years now and it has improved greatly. The basics are the same in that it is a very easy entry level (FREE SOFTWARE). In addition to many new features and apps that have been added, behind the scenes a lot has taken place. The Easel Pro will continue to advance. This was a major step forward for Inventables. Easel Pro is the additional of many new fonts to chose from and the ability to use V Bits. You get four free days per month using these features.
Thank you for the question. Hopefully, you have subscribed because I have other videos planned using Easel. Again, thank you.