Fixing an oops

[jdonaldson]

I just finished carving a heart for a friends daughter, but carved 20013 instead of 2013 ( my wife and I both previewed the cut but neither one caught the error ) is there a good way to fill this in with enough stability in the area to recut or is it time to chalk this up to experience and just redo.

Thanks

[Bob]

Hello J,
You will probably get many solutions...all will be good.
One method I've used is to use a rectangle to define the area to be fixed, then pocket the the area just deep enough to erase the error. Re-engrave in the pocket bottom.
Or, pocket the error, inlay a contrasting or matching layer of wood, re-engrave the inlay area.
Bob

pocket fix

[Bob]

Or, How about this fix.
While cutting the last 3D portion of this sign, I messed it up.
So, I cut a pocket, and glued in another 3D carving on top of the goofed one.
http://www.cncsharktalk.com/viewtopic.p ... 7072#p7072
http://www.cncsharktalk.com/download/fi ... &mode=view

Bob

[Bob]

Or this one:

When you make as many mistakes as I have, you get kind of good at fixing them.
Bob

[jdonaldson]

Bob, your last example is exactly what I was carving ( date below name ) how do you get the pocket to follow the curve of the ribbon I don't remember there being a box to check like there is with the vcarve toolpath

Thanks

John

[Bob]

John
I just drew one curvy line to match the curve of the ribbon, offset it about .5 inches (or whatever you need) to form the other side, then closed off each end with a straight line. I used the join vectors tool to connect the four sides. I did a pocket toolpath deep enough to erase what was not needed, then engraved my corrected message. The reason I used this method for this project is because I don't have Aspire. I needed an easy way to engrave a flat message on a curved surface...fast.
When engraving the new message, I used the bottom of the pocket when setting Z zero. I should mention that toolpaths for the basic heart were generated in Cut 3D, like you probably did. I created a new file in VCarve and imported the heart toolpaths. This way, I was able to use VCarve to make the addition to the file.
Bob