Vcarve a Bourbon Barrel Stave where Z=0 varies

Elite Series (Masso & Redline) (Gen 1)
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The Elite Series with @Redlinecnc Controller

Hey Guys,

One of the things that I have been laser engraving is bourbon staves. I have been laser engraving them with an Xtool which provides a nice mapping tool of the variable z=0 since the staves are curved.

Is there a way to do that with my CNC using Vcarve Pro?

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In Vcarve Pro there a box at the bottom left under Vcarving for projecting onto a 3D surface

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You will have to create the 3d model for it to project onto. If the staves are all from the same size/type of barrel they should be relatively similar but I would expect some variance.

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Calvin,

Thanks for the tip. Yea there are slight but significant variances among the staves so that is probably not going to work very well.

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Check this out
https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/engraving-on-whiskey-barrel-slats/32174/6?u=ken5

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Thanks Ken for the link. I will check it out

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that was a super helpful video, ken! Thank’s for sharing!