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Olympic Medallions

Discussion in 'Functional Art/Craft Designs and Others' started by Flashsolutions, Aug 11, 2012.

  1. Flashsolutions

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    I had some free time on my hands and motivated by the Summer Olympics 2012, I got the idea in my head to make some Olympic Medallions for presentation at our next club meeting.

    I used Sketchup to draw the basic medallion and converted it to an STL file which I opened in Meshcam and created the gcode for cutting.

    Then I searched the web for a picture of a plane to go on the medallion and converted it to greyscale. Meshcam created the gcode for the airplane which I cutout and glued to the medallions.

    I am going to apply Minwax Polycrylic to the medallions and then paint them Gold, Silver, and Bronze; add Blue Ribbons to complete the project.

    The cut files use a 1/16" bit and are designed for the overhead gantry Phlatprinter III.

    Medallions are made from Blue Fan Fold Foam. I remove the membrane from the FFF before cutting.

    [Edited] Polycrylic is a Minwax product, not Krylon... Attached files BronzeMedalWithRibbonSupport.cnc (223.7 KB)Â GoldMedalWithRibbonSupport.cnc (294.3 KB)Â GoldSilverBronzeMedals.skp (1.6 MB)Â [​IMG] SilverMedalWithRibbonSupport.cnc (306.3 KB)Â aircraft_insert.cnc (2.7 MB)Â
     
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    What an awesome project Flash!
    I am going to have to try the Krylon Polycrylic tip
    The guyz at the club meeting are going to love these :doubleup:
    Thanks for sharing this
    Mark and Trish
     
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    Very Nice Flash!! These turned out great!! :doubleup:

    John
     
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    I am trying some new stuff out to see how well it will work. Medallion on the left is coated in a high gloss two part mix like epoxy. Cure time however must be overnight, cause it hasn't setup after a couple hours.

    I finished painting the gold medal on the right with an auto paint that would normally dissolve the foam, but the Minwax polycrylic protected it.

    I have to buy some silver, bronze paint to finish the other two medals. If the pour on stuff sets up hard on my test piece, I will use it on all of them and post pics when they are all finished. Attached files [​IMG]
     
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    @Flashsolutions,

    Be sure you give yourself a gold for coming up with this project.

    Very cool. :doubleup: :doubleup: :doubleup: :doubleup: :doubleup:
    GHB :D
     
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    Here are the completed medals after coating with high gloss.

    Attached files [​IMG]
     
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    And my neighbor saw the medals and wanted me to cut out some letters for a tin wall piece she had purchased so that it reads "Gerry's Kitchen". It was a bit tricky, but I did it much like the medals and then cut out the individual letters and glued them to the wall art.

    Attached files [​IMG]
     
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    The medals turned out great! :doubleup:
    I did a kitchen sign for my sisters house cut from black 6mm depron. It turned out better then expected. Not a 3D carving just the cut outs, she really likes it :)
    Mark and Trish
    Attached files [​IMG]
     

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