Thanks @BBStacker. I actually joined the Army. My Father was in the Navy and worked on F-14’s as a mechanic/engineer. He was on the USS Ranger too! I grew up around Fighter Town USA and listened and watch fighter jets all day long. You just gave me an idea! I’m going to carve him a Wolfpack and a Black Knights wall plaque something! I’ll post them here when I get them done. Thanks BB!
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Preston,
this looks great. I would love to make one. Is there a vector file available for it? Thanks.
Hey, thank you! I have it available on my etsy. 
Here is my first end grain cutting board.
Everyone saw the test in pine and roadside log. It made your eyes hurt. Now see it in walnut and maple.
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BAM. That is cool. Nice work.
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Dr Al
Would love to sit on that deck and learn how you cut and assembled the oval. (smaller versions - potential for picture frames and mirrors) On the oval, were pieces cut individually?
The Journeyman isn’t big enough to do the whole oval so I made the oval in two halves. Each half has 5 pieces of wood glued together with a spline in each joint for strength. Then glued the two halves together.
Smaller versions would be easier. Clamping the two oval halves together wasn’t easy.
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Thanks, I actually have a dresser mirror with a broken frame (half your size) Will have to consider the cnc as a possible fix.
Great work! Now I’m feeling my machine is underused!
What tooling did you use for the map tray/flag? The detail is very crisp
Made this for the high school choir teacher that my wife works with. His favorite animal is a sea turtle so had to work that into the project. This is on a wine barrel lid - just finished with a couple coats of clear poly. The text is a little hard to read because of the glare, but it says “Those who wish to sing, will always find a song”
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Hey Ron,
That looks really nice. I am sure he will greatly appreciate it.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Neil
I created this Cribbage board from scratch. I proofed the program, carved, laser engraved, and finish coated it yesterday. It is the first cribbage board i have ever made.
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It looks great. Nice first cribbage board 
In fact it’d be a nice fifth or tenth cribbage board too.
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1st official project. Dialed in the Jtech 14 Watt and made a sign for my Busch Light loving friend from 1/4" MDF.
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Was the Laser used to do the bottom lettering or was it used to cut out the whole project would love to know feeds and speeds to cut 1/4 inch MDF. Very close to pulling the trigger on the laser but there just seems to be so little information out there from users on the 14 watt version
Gary
Gary,
Both the engraving and cutting of the background and all shapes and letters were done with the laser. Cut through 1/4 MDF at 13in/min and 6 passes. I found the lack of info on 14W laser disappointing but used this YouTube video to test 4 to 8 passes from 8 in/min to 13 in/min.
4 passes cut through at 8 in/min, 5 passes at 9 in/min, and on my test, I got through on 6 passes on 10 through 13. I used my sample piece and my settings to plug in known cut-through speeds and passes to find the one that took the quickest.
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As far as engraving goes, I found that my results were a lot cleaner without air assist with the 14W. I waited to plug in the air assist until after the engraving was done. It is 100% needed for cutting through material. I also only tested cut-through at 100% power and no other settings. Something else may come out better with more passes and less power, but 13in/min, 6 passes, and 100% power was the magic number for this one. More trails may yield better results. I’m looking forward to input from other users. With the 14W being newer, I don’t even see much about it in the JTech Facebook forum.
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I am new to cnc, but longtime woodworker.
Here is my new setup and first “real” project.
I volunteer at Habitat for Humanity building al the cabinets for the new houses.
I do have one question (for now 
) If I set my Z zero to the spoil board, will it keep from cutting patterns in my spoil board.
I know I’ll have to set it in both Vectric and the machine.
Mike
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Been working these past couple of weekends on a Settlers of Catan game board as a gift for my brother-in-law. Each hex is a different species. I’m going to use an antiquing wax on these to help bring out the detail. I have yet to cut out the perimeter and the numeric tokens, but there’s less work ahead than behind.
Finished board.
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