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  1.    kgstakes reacted to a post in a topic: Lowell Grand Banks Dory by MBerg - Model Shipways - 1:24
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  4. kgstakes
    True but what the machine is designed for, the site has many designs, cards, etc to pick from and make your own. Technically it wasn’t designed for the modeler. A stand alone machine would be great but for the money, you have to give up something. All I can say is that I tried it other modelers have tried it and it works. A cheaper way to get something cut out other than buying a laser cutter which is out of my range. Oh and it really works well for making signs for your models as well. i don’t know if micro mark version of this is stand alone either…. Be interesting to see if it is or another machine similar to the cricut. I know my wife would like stand alone machine. I’ve looked at 3D printers, looks neat and what they can do is cool, but too technical for me and the price is way out of my range. Plus I’m a wood guy rather build with wood than plastic. Figures and details I can see a 3D printer coming in handy but for me I’ll stick with my model tools, be it hand or power tools. Have fun building!!!
  5. kgstakes
    It’ll cut curves the machine will follow what ever the drawing you have programmed it to cut. Don’t see any problems with cutting a curve. The blade is designed to swivel. this is the deep cut blade that I have for the cricut for cutting basswood up to 1/16”. Newer models might be able to cut deeper don’t know.
  6. kgstakes
    Yeah what he said 😇
  7. kgstakes
    It is not a stand alone, Internet access needed. I do know that much🤪 and I have windows. Other than that 🤷🤷. Just worked for what I tried. Oh and usb or WiFi it’ll work both
  8. kgstakes
    All these questions about the computers and interfaces and such. I’m sorry guys but I’m a simple man have absolutely no idea what it is. I’m sure if I dig into it I could tell you but right off hand I’m sorry have no idea. All I know is I’ve use sketch up and that works (sometimes) and I’ve used freecad and that works if you bring it in to the cricut program and then resize the whole project to the correct size (which is just a few clicks). Again sorry guys I don’t have all the answers you’re looking for……. Wish I did. 🤷🤷
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  10. kgstakes
    The model my wife has is an older one it’s a Explore Air i know there’s newer ones out there that can do thicker material (don’t think 1/8-1/4) but maybe 🤷🤷🤷
  11. kgstakes
    Video of the cricut cutting out the two roof pieces. I tried to upload the one where it's cutting the windows out of the side walls but video to long 🙃. Might be longer than a laser to cut parts, but you don't have to clean up any burnt edges !! MVI_0798.MP4
  12. kgstakes
    Oh to answer another question about the blade. It’s a swivel blade. When the machine changes direction the blade free rotates and follows. For 1/16” basswood you have to set it up to do multiple passes. When I get to my computer I’ll post a video of it cutting the sides for the above structure.
  13. kgstakes
    A cricut is not a machine that could or even should replace a laser cutter. It’s just a less expensive way to cut your own parts. cricut is a few hundred dollars a laser in a few thousand dollars. Definitely a big difference in price and also quality of cut and what you can do with a laser you can’t do with a cricut. Cricut too limited. But if you don’t have the money for a laser and you, your wife, or partner, has a cricut, try it see what it can do. It surprised me.
  14. kgstakes
    You can use cad but some of the drawing programs I’ve found that the only thing I had to do was resize the whole wall to the correct size and then cut it. when I resized everything the windows and floors were then the correct size as well. You can also just draw with the cricut program and no resizing is needed then.
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  16. kgstakes
    This may have been mentioned before but have any of you tried cutting with cricut or similar device? I’ve used my wife’s once and it did a really good job (surprisingly). I was cutting out a building out of 1/16” thick basswood clapboard. You have to put your work face down for the windows and doors to be a tight fit but the cut was good and clean.
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  19. kgstakes
    Like the thinking of sandpaper going from 80 grit to 120 so and so. Not really, your sand paper is actually getting “dull”. Take your worn sandpaper and sand a piece of wood, then take a fresh sandpaper (what you think the worn paper is, say 120. Sand the same wood. The fresh 120 will give you a better finish, because the paper is “fresh or sharp”. Like the mess paper but use different grits when sanding. Your stain or clear finish or even paint jobs will come out better and smoother.
  20. kgstakes
    thought I would chime in here as well with the ultimation slicer and sander. Better yet look at this video. Definitely worth the money. Hopefully it will load. Video.mov
  21. kgstakes
    Basswood can be stained and also painted. If you do stain basswood, you have to treat it so that the stain will go on even or I've used with great success to stain basswood is a stain/poly mix that stains and finishes in one coat. It helps with blotching. But Gregory, you're right if you stain raw basswood, it will blotch and not look good. For structures and ships you could do as well, but weathering with a stain on basswood to give an old weathered look works quite well. Every building in the picture below was made out of basswood and only stained and weathered. No pretreating of the wood was done on these structures. The rolltop desk pictured below is made from basswood and stain/poly finish applied. Three coats and no blotching was done with this technique.

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