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Shows the world what you can make with your Intelicam CNC and how you made it. Please email photos, videos and descriptions of what you made and how you made it to makingstuff@intelicam.com. We’ll post them so others can learn. We’ll also link your email address if you wish.  Thank You!       Brad & Pat

Making Stuff - the reason you’re here!

wood carving

A 3D wood coin with a dragon carved on the front side and a #10 on the back side. It was machined in cherry wood on an Intelicam P23 router using a 3mm ballnose. 

See Video Clip of machine cutting (5Mb)...

See video tutorial of creating the toolpath for coin (13Mb)...

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Two sided 3D wood coin in cherry wood

Indian Carving

This 3D file came from a 3D scan of a carving I picked up in India. It was scanned with a StarCam 3D scanner, toolpathed in Cut3D and machined on an Intelicam P23 router using a 3mm ballnose.

See video clip of Intelicam router cutting carving (2.3Mb)...

See video tutorial of creating the toolpath for carving (14Mb)...

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3D Indian artwork carved in butternut

Tutorials - CAD and CAD/CAM partners

These tutorials take you step-by-step through the process of making those patterns and designs.

It’s easier than it looks!

A collection of “how-to” tutorials from our CAD and CAM partners.

Click on the red links to RUN the tutorials.

Engraving business cards

Engraving business cards
Intelicam CNC router

These business cards, including logo, were designed and toolpathed in V-Carve Pro. The material is secured to the Intelicam P23 table top using double sided tape. The depth of engraving is 0.25mm.

See Video Clip (5Mb) of engraving business cards

This tutorial introduces VCarve Pro and explains how to quickly Import and VCarve a Pub Sign that has been designed in Corel Draw.

Tutorial Video + Audio (7.5 Mb)

 

This tutorial shows how VCarve Pro is used to design and Flat Bottom VCarve a Shop Sign using an imported vector clip art file. The sign includes Drilled fixing holes and the use of Tabs / Bridges to hold the material in place.

Tutorial Video (9 Mb)

This tutorial explains how to Trace / Vectorize Raster Images to design signs and create toolpath files.

Tutorial Video (9 Mb)

 

These tutorials explain how to Design and Engrave plates using the Text, Quick Engrave and automatic Text Merge Plate Production tools.

Quick Engraving.PDF (2 Mb)
Plate Production.PDF (2 Mb)

 

This tutorial shows how to VCarve a kitchen cabinet door that has been drawn in AutoCAD, add a decorative border using an Ogee form cutter and use Tabs / Bridges to hold the panel in place.

Tutorial Video + Audio (9.1 Mb)

 

This tutorial shows how to quickly and easily Carve 3D Textures onto a Signs and Wooden panels using Ball nose cutters. The video shows how to create random and regular textures.

Tutorial Video (9 Mb)

 

This tutorial shows how to import multiple PhotoVCarve designs to carve permanent picture frames that include VCarve text and decorative border patterns cut on an Intelicam CNC router.

Tutorial Video (9 Mb)

Text Box: This tutorial shows how 3D Clip art designs from Cut3D and the Vector Art 3D collection can be imported and positioned on a Cabinet Door panel, then machined on an Intelicam 3-axis CNC router
Tutorial Video (9 Mb)

Single sided Machining  - 3D models

 

This tutorial introduces Cut3D and explains how to quickly load and machine a 3D Carved Bowl on an Intelicam 3-axis CNC router.

Tutorial Video + Audio (12 Mb)

Double sided machining with Tabs  - 3D models

 

This tutorial shows how Cut3D can be used to machine 2 sides of a 3D model, using Tabs to hold the part in place during machining and only cutting to the silhouette boundary of the 3D model.

Tutorial Video (17 Mb)

Slicing and Machining 3D models

 

This tutorial shows how to size and slice a 3D model to create separate model that can be individually machined and assembled to create a large 3D project on an Intelicam 3-axis CNC Router.

Tutorial Video + Audio (12 Mb)

Text Box: Four sided machining  - 3D models

This tutorial shows how to calculate 4 sided roughing and finishing toolpaths for cutting complex designs on an Intelicam 3-axis CNC Router. 
Tutorial Video + Audio (17 Mb)
Heritage house engraving

This monument was laser etched using the laser artwork package included with the Intelicam Monument44 CNC Laser. This remarkable software gives you a realistic rendering before etching so the customer can sign-off approval before the monument is created. To see a photo-list  comparing the rendering with the actual etching click here….

Created by Cameron Moore, Tri-State Memorials

Laser etching granite monuments

Heritage house engraving

I took a photo of a heritage house, then using V-carve Pro converted the jpeg into a vector, toolpathed it, then engraved it on the Intelicam P23. The machine ran for 7 hours and the result was flawless.

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Convert a photo into a vectorized engraving

3D Carvings on CNC Router

Engravings on CNC Router

Etchings on CNC Laser

V-Carve Pro Tutorials

PhotoV-Carve Tutorials

V-Carve Pro combined with Cut3D Tutorials

Cut3D Tutorials

Text Box: This tutorial shows how to route Beveled Edges around lettering to create high quality results, then profile cut out the shape using Tabs to hold the job in place. 
Tutorial Video (9 Mb)

This is a series of Laser Etchings and artwork created by the artists at ZoomTone of South Korea. This group of people continue to push the envelope of what is possible. Unfortunately the techniques they are developing are proprietary, but their artwork inspires imagination. Click here to see the series...

Laser etching granite murals

Created by the artists at ZoomTone, S Korea

EngraveLab PhotoLaser Plus Tutorials

CADLink designed this specifically for CNC Lasers. It comes standard on all Intelicam Monument44 CNC Lasers.  Note: To watch you need the Camtasia codec driver. Please first download and install the codec driver TSCC here, then play the videos.