Calligraphic Scroll
Posted: Mon 06 Apr, 2009 6:03 pm
Attached are a couple of photos taken of the scroll design I created from scratch in Corel Draw Sunday afternoon. I have tried only a few cuts of this, but it seems to work well with the green, red, white cutting heads, as well as the purple debossing head.
The cutting depth needs to be something less than the mat thickness, because the ovals fall out (duhh) if the design is cut entirely through the board. That may be workable if they would stay in position, but they inevitably fall into the blade path and make a mess of the cuts.
I will experiment with temporary adhesive on the back of the mat, in order to retain the position of cutout ovals, which could then be placed on a background color beneath the cut mat.
I was concerned about the machine's ability to cut small radii, but no worries about that now .
The cutting depth needs to be something less than the mat thickness, because the ovals fall out (duhh) if the design is cut entirely through the board. That may be workable if they would stay in position, but they inevitably fall into the blade path and make a mess of the cuts.
I will experiment with temporary adhesive on the back of the mat, in order to retain the position of cutout ovals, which could then be placed on a background color beneath the cut mat.
I was concerned about the machine's ability to cut small radii, but no worries about that now .