Trying to figure out 3d engrave and failing hard

[kittski]

What @takitus said ^^^ Try a softer wood (basswood is my favorite) and you need more contrast in your images for good results.

Here’s an example of how an image will translate into 3D. The link below has another example.

And then there was 3D

This is gonna be so much fun Did the crow without any adjustment to the file I had already made and still looks pretty darn cool. The last pic is just a sneak peek of something that turned out pretty neat if I do say so myself. (Not that I had much to do with it really.) After doing the initial 3D engraving with a photo of a CNC file made by Yura Tikhonovskiy, I’ve made some adjustment to the pic to see what further detail I can bring out. It’s cutting now. (I’m not going to pos…