I’m still only part way through the process. This is after carving and then painting in all of the carved features. Next is 4 layers of polyurethane, and then carefully cutting it to fit as the face panel for the kitchen drawers I’ve made. This is 18mm ply and roughly 1.5m x 0.75m.
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WOW thats gunna look sweet
Thank you very much @sweetmeets
How did you paint the lines? Just wipe off any excess paint that comes up over the carved areas? Did you apply anything to the wood before? I am about to try the same thing with some v-bit engraving.
I used a round nosed bit, and after that I would say that a v-bit would have been easier.
I did an experiment on scrap piece of plywood where I poured a little paint on and then scraped it over the surface with a card scraper. Didn’t work, the plywood had too much grain and I ended up with the whole piece being too dark.
I just used a small artists paint brush and went over the whole thing, it was very slow. I found that sometimes it was easier to paint one side of the groove and then come back later and paint the other side. I think with a v-shaped groove this would be even easier.
The last thing I did is go over the whole thing with a belt sander, but putting no pressure on it. If you have better quality ply than what I can get here, something where the top layer of ply is more than a few microns thick, this should be a good finishing step.
Didn’t cut it with the maslow but, have been experimenting with printing ABS parts for the Maslow. I always wondered why people put 3D printers in enclosures, duh, now I know, ABS is very particular. Now I have an enclosure, we shall see if it solves my issues with ABS.
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looks just like my printer. (minus the enclosure)
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Mine too. The E3P is a great printer, less than a third the price of my Printrbot in 2011
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Lol, I was just thinking of doing the same thing for my Ender 3! Nice work!
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Now that is just plain awesome.
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Seriously awesome!
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Glad you got it working! It looks really good!
Testing out my new Z-Axis Upgrade “Rigid Lift”. Made an overly complicated table saw push stick, and a guitar stand for my brother. Of course I failed an attempt to just to keep me humble.
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Impressive, sir.
Will post painted version when it’s done.
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