Some of my work

[rlong 0]

I don't use the plotter for traditional sign making. I use it to cut complex patterns out of styrene to make sci fi miniatures.

Here's some examples.

All the panels here were cut out of thin styrene.

http://sovereignreplicas.com/k_350_063.jpg[/img]

And the finished piece, after making a mold and casting it in fiberglass. All the small surface panels were cut on the plotter from styrene.

http://www.thelightworks.com/models/img/models/klingonbig_05.jpg[/img]

http://www.thelightworks.com/models/img/models/klingonbig_08.jpg[/img]

Here's some more examples of what I've used the plotter to make. All of these were scratchbuilt.

http://sovereignreplicas.com/sf.htm

http://sovereignreplicas.com/ac_4.jpg[/img]

[duke 12]

incredibley (SP?) AWSOME

[TransferThis 0]

Wow!  This is the coolest thing I've ever seen cut from a plotter!  Totally cool! 

[dinki 3]

Uh, that's amazing!  Can you give a little more detail on how you accomplish cutting foam with your cutter?  Got any videos to share??

[Guest TracMatt]

Like my son would love you!

AWESOME!  There is not much else I can say.

Tracee

[Mr Peabody 0]

Really impressive! I would love to see a video of the cutter doing it's thing.

[lowone 3]

WOW

Pretty amazing use of a plotter. Hats of to you for originality and awesome craftsmanship.

[BannerJohn 1,324]

that is awesome and the most unique use for a cutter that I have seen so far! Maybe the folks at ILM need a cutter. Sure would cut down on the budgets for the movies they make FX for.

[Buggie Pilot 4]

That is the best thing I've seen done with a plotter ever 

[gm2k8 3]

well beam me up Scotty!!!

that has to be the most unique item i have seen by using a cutter.. more details please.. are you just making the pattern so you can cut in the foam or ?

damn nice..

EDIT..

woah.. i just went back and more photos are now showing up.. that is just amazing.. i like the klingon warbird but the enterprise is sweet.. are u using fiber optics for the lights?

did a lil snooping.. saw your Naboo Starship and some other items.. man you do good work..

[kenimes 42]

Impressive

[Renegade 2]

Really amazing!  Would love for you to do a simple tutorial on the process you use.  Model building is something I'd love to try with my cutter.

[BossThinksImWorking 4]

So maybe I'm a little slower than most, but for the life of me I can't figure out how you're doing that stuff. Pretty spectacular, and like everybody else, I"d really love a tutorial or better yet, a video, of the process.

Thanks for sharing,

Carol

[rlong 0]

Thanks for all your nice words. The plotter is used to make all the surface detail. I'll usually take a cg mesh, flatten it out, then use the plotter to cut 3 dimensional pieces, but only flat. The plotter makes short work of styrene sheets, and can do incredibly small details that are then glued on the pattern before molding.

For instance, this piece here was completely cut out of sheet plastic, then folded together.

And the finished piece.

For other applications I make complex paint mask's like these.

http://sovereignreplicas.com/kkee014.jpg[/img]

So I can do paint jobs on these miniatures that I could only dream of doing by hand.

I wish they made a scribing blade for the plotters, it produces more than enough downforce to scribe into even plexiglass.

[Guest TracMatt]

Do you have any pictures of while your doing this?  It would be great to see some of the detailed work being cut on the cutter and so on.

Tracee

[Spyder Graphix 0]

WOW!!! thats all i can say... Would love to see a video of this in action

[NtenseImageworks 0]

WOW! How many hours did you spend on the Enterprise model?

You did s great job. I agree with everyone here. You got skillz.

[Buggie Pilot 4]

I saw some blades on ebay for etching metal that fit vinyl cutters. Don't know if thats what your looking for

[SynFX 1]

..................... *speechless*

[C Lewis 6]

WHAT THE?!

  Very Impressive..........

[sdgirl 13]

That is awesome! I am having trouble learning to cut vinyl let alone something that is so complex like you are doing. How creative you are! Thank you for sharing!

Christi

[Primal Rage Outdoors 0]

very,very kewl stuff !