[Jerry3672]

I did a neat project with the 4th axis wrap function of Bobcad. I made a Night-Light from a photo of our dog.

I embossed the photo and then inverted it.
It looks better in person than it does in the photos I posted

[Jerry3672]

I leaned a lot about how to use the 4th axis in V24.

The material I used was 2 inch PVC pipe from my local home improvement store. It actually measures 2.4 inches OD

First I embossed from image under Bobart and kept the default .100 add setting. I set the Z axis at 1.2 so the part would back plot properly in Preditor Level 2

The next step is to invert the image so the dark colors will be thicker in the final machining.

[Jerry3672]

I used an oval to cut an outline and also used it for the boundry for the slice planar.

The rough was done with a 1/8 ball mill with a .100 step over.

The finish cut was with a .047 ball mill and a .005 step over.

[bjm323]

How did you attach it to the night light?

[mcphill]

Perfect! I was thinking about making a lithophane lampshade out of PVC, but wasn't sure if that material would work - you show me that it certainly will!

[Jerry3672]

I just used epoxy to attach the pvc pipe to the original base.

PVC pipe is cheap and works great for Lithophane. You can also order flat sheets online and use them in a frame with lights behind them.

[BurrMan]

Very nice!