# A 32ft Viking Ship **URL:** \ **Category:** Projects\ **Created:** [September 21, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/a-32ft-viking-ship/17152 "2021-09-21T12:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c00nphrog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/c00nphrog/32/13632_2.png) [@c00nphrog](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/c00nphrog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/a-32ft-viking-ship/17152/1 "2021-09-21T12:47:39Z")
Hello all! I know the last time I posted in the “What did you cut today?” topic I made mentioned my next project was to be a 32ft Viking ship. Well here it is: ![IMG_0825a](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/3/a/3ab28d5615766758d888fb67be356c01f68291bd.jpeg) It is not a full fledged, floating ship. It is a prop for my son’s high school marching band competition show. it is made out of 1in insulation foam sheets with a 1/8in hard board backing. I used spray adhesive to fix the hard board to the foam. I used Carbide create to manipulate the Viking ship .svg into the 5 sections (the 3 center sections are just about 8ft long), and then cut them on the Maslow. used a 1/4in single flute upcut for most of it. on a couple of the shields I did use a 1/8in single flute upcut for some of the design work. RPM varied between 10-13k, with a feed rate of about 600mm/min. ![IMG_0792](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/7/5/75fc2d41a2b4abbf56f1e34694179e7800ca150f.jpeg) ![IMG_0793](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/b/7/b75c3775d89cf05516d04c7bc1e41a4eb79d4949.jpeg) The dragon head is about 7ft. tall. You can see that in the pic as it is next to the side door for my garage. ![IMG_0798](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/0/8/08df2748f1c8c27345bc5ae7ccf86f0417199a59.jpeg) All the pieces after they were all cut. I did a couple of coats of polycrylic just to help protect it before the school’s art department painted it to it’s current colors. We intend to give it a bit more color, particularly on the shields there on the side of the ship. Speaking of, I also cut 24" circles that another dad painted and outfitted to be shields for the colorguard to use during their performance, I just didn’t get a pic of them. I did have to closely monitor it as it got to the edges, and though it is not perfect, it works for the intended purpose. The only issue I have was the depth of cut. I had to stop and get my Meticulous Z-axis cut and put together to have enough travel to get to the 1.125in depth, and I had a bit of flex in the cut once it hit the hard board. I am not sure if that is from my mount being PETG and flexing, or the fact I was cutting so deep that there was a lot of leverage force it was encountering, or a combination of both. We’ll see on my next project, whatever that may be. And that’s it for now. I am trying to figure out what I am going to cut next, though I may hold off as I was working on moving my machine onto a new, wall-hung, hinged frame with a skirt around the cutting area. I wanted to upgrade to a 12ft top beam, but I realized I just don’t have the room for it in my garage. ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/a-32ft-viking-ship/17152/2 "2021-09-21T15:02:43Z")
This is so cool!! It’s HUGE 😀 ---
**Author:** ![c00nphrog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/c00nphrog/32/13632_2.png) [@c00nphrog](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/c00nphrog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/a-32ft-viking-ship/17152/3 "2021-09-21T15:08:14Z")
Thanks, Bar!! ---
**Author:** ![ymemag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@ymemag](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/ymemag)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/a-32ft-viking-ship/17152/4 "2021-09-28T02:47:46Z")
Great job on that cut!!! It looks amazing! ---
**Author:** ![c00nphrog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/c00nphrog/32/13632_2.png) [@c00nphrog](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/c00nphrog)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/a-32ft-viking-ship/17152/5 "2021-09-28T11:42:26Z")
Thank you!