Experimenting with applications for super-thin cuts…
Oh my gosh, that is freaking amazing…
I bet it was a bear to weed
Getting all the thin slivers out of all the tiny slots takes the longest. Weeding is definitely a pain, though. And then you have to get all the teensy bits of spiderwebby paper out of the spaces.
Holy cow, that’s incredible!
Wow, just wow! You’re definitely pushing that envelope to its absolute limit.
Ooh - now I’m wondering if you thickened the lines towards the inside of the petals, and left them thin at the edges whether it would give a shadow of shading!
You are definitely pushing the envelope! Amazing.
That is amazing. I can’t even imaging weeding that. So very pretty!
As a first try I use a soft rubber from a c-pap hose connected to a shop vac but sometimes I have to go in with a sewing needle stuck in a small stick. And for the larger pieces a small finishing nail in the stick does the trick. Without there being MDF hand sanitizer will float off the masking in one piece. With MDF it will float that off too.
I tried hand sanitizer – it warps the tiny strips. This has to be a strictly dry weed technique!
I do get warping, but while still damp press between tile pieces with terry rags between to wick out the dampness and leave for 24 hours. If tiny enough that the rag might affect it that could be an issue, but even with the masking the cut face itself is often improved by cleaning or even bleach.
Wow! How long did this take?
To cut, or to weed and clean?
The cut took 43 minutes.
WOW.
[Yes, Discourse. “Wow,” is a complete sentence.]
So nice! Okay, now for some curves…
I love the aesthetic of that. Really pretty!
wow very nice!
Wow. Incredible! Is that mdf? Are you going to pour a resin in it to “strength” the cuts or leave it as is. I have had some luck getting that thin with acrylic, but I didn’t think wood would hold up. I thought it would just be char. Hmmm…
Lol and another hour to weed it
It’s PG maple plywood. I haven’t tried it on acrylic yet, but the PG plywoods handle it fine with some tweaking of settings. Just can’t get it too wet while cleaning, because those little slices warp really easily!