Thread: We Have Skills Too !!

Thanks for the head up on corian limitations Shaun. Maybe led tea lights are the way to go with these. Corian is basically powdered acrylic with binding adhesives afaik so would be susceptible to the same thresholds and temp limits I always presumed. Worth looking into before I start to invest in more colours and pieces. Was thinking corian brush handles and scales potentially in the future, faux ivory etc.
The time to engrave I've been able to reduce with each test as well. First lithophane took ten hours, and I'm down to 40 minutes per pass now.
Dusty fun in the lab this week.
Cheers.

It is a beautiful product to machine and glue together. It makes for virtually seamless joins and does work very easily with carbide woodworking tools. It just has that one flaw. I have repaired a few cracked countertops from people putting hot pot directly on the counter top. You pictures are really nice, my mind goes straight to LED panels, similar to the ones used for tracing pads and the like. Your new lab device has so many possibilities.

K,,, the right tools for the job. We've all heard it, and say it when we actually have the right tool on hand.
Bought a bunch of specific spiral carbide bits to get more photo detail in the carved corian and am very happy with the results.
See below my first one done with a quality dremel 1/8 dia ball end tool on the left, and the most recent done with a spiral .25mm dia carbide tool on the right.
These are 2x3" little panels of corian, so getting really good detail levels in these little pieces gives me confidence in the settings I am working with.
Moving on to the main event which will be a 6x8 insert in a keepsake box lid.
Wife's birthday is still three weeks away but I want time for the f--k up factor.



Her dad was a handsome bloke weren't he?
Cheers.

Mike, maybe it's just me but the attachment link won't work for me.

Thanks Roy, dang apple product lost its signal momentarily I guess. Added it again...