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Wood and Monogram Resin Cutting Boards
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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Mother's day just passed and this year I decided to give my Moms something besides flowers. I've been having fun with resin and decided to try to engrave some wood cutting boards and do a resin inlay. I setup the design in Aspire and started with some fancy capital letters to v-carve. The designs carved in the wood pretty easy. Next up I went to fill with resin. I chose Alumilite Amazing Clear Cast resin over my normal Alumilite Slow. It's not a very big pour but Alumilite slow cures fast and bubbles are hard to manage without a pressure...
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- Tags: craft, cutting board, engrave, gift, mother's day, resin, wood, woodwork
Mother’s Day Gifts!
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
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Mother’s Day is coming up and like everybody else I need to give out gifts to the very deserving moms in my life. I wanted to make something that was unique, memorable and most importantly usable throughout the year. Family photos and photos in general are alway precious to most moms. So, I decided to gen up something to uniquely display the photos. I’m etching the photos onto 1/8” thick acrylic. I just started using Lightburn software and I have to say its a HUGE upgrade over RDWorks. The software makes converting images into a laser engravable format a breeze....
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- Tags: acrylic, battery powered, edge lit, Gift, lighted, mom, Mother’s Day, Photo, portraits, sign
Custom Christmas Ornaments Available
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Add something special to your Christmas tree this year with a custom wood Christmas ornament from CCHobby! These custom ornaments can be etched with a photo and text of your choosing. Or you can keep it simple with "Merry Christmas 2019". We can etch any photo onto the ornament. Go for a traditional family photo or a fun inside joke. The ornaments are laser engraved and cut from baltic birch wood. Have a look at some of our examples below: