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Tag: CNC Routing

CNC Routing Patterns & Signs

January 3, 2022January 22, 2022 steve

I CNC routed some boxes for a bit of fun… These flower designs are just prototypes. They are routed at different depths to see how they look after being painted. The boxes will be painted so the end effect will be a slight indent of the design. The 2mm depth seems too deep for the […]

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