Once our routers have been constructed and tested the search is on for free software to create the tool-paths (GCode) necessary to make our stuff.
V-Carving can produce excellent results for house names, signs etc. and the free software F-Engrave http://www.scorchworks.com/Fengrave/fengrave.html does just this and a lot more.
This example is just an offcut from an old (unwanted and cheaply purchased) English Oak bookcase but it serves to illustrate the principle of V-Carving.
Tweakie.
V-Carving and Engraving for free.
V-Carving and Engraving with limited DXF support.
