Two Lithophanes

[Mick A Martin]

Here are two lithopanes made with Aspire. The pictures were taken during my last trip to Honk Kong to visit my brother we had a family reunion .... give it a few seconds to switch

Size 8" x 5 1/2"
Material 1/4" Corian (Glacier White)
1/4" Ball Nose 16,000 rpm - 175 ipm - 15% stepover
1/16" Ball Nose 16,000 rpm - 175 ipm - 8% stepover
Total cutting time 7 Hours

[Keith Outten]

Very Cool Mick,

I haven't been able to find the time to machine my first lithophane yet but I am looking forward to the experience. They have the maximum "WOW" factor of any project I have ever seen and yet you could go to the poor house trying to sell them

Thanks for sharing the pics!
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[Rich Fennessey]

Those turned out great. 7 hours of cutting - ouch. I assume that was 7 hours each.

Does a high powered laser engraver do this much faster?

[frank myers]

They look great Mick. Thanks for the pics!

[Keith Outten]

Rich,

Mike Null has had some success laser engraving small lithophanes. Search the laser engraving forum for his post, he included a picture.
Whether you CNC machine or Laser Engrave a lithophane the picture still has to be processed in order to get the variation in the shading that makes it work well.
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[James & Zelma Litzmann]

Mick, these are awesome! I think you did a great job!

Maybe someday . . .

zll