An optical illusion... sort of!

An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby HDinAZ » June 24th, 2014, 8:15 pm

I created this doilly design to be an optical illusion. That is: to look round rather than flat. It did look that way on the computer screen, but not so much after I cut it out.

The Silver Bullet cut it perfectly, even though some of the lines were hair thin! I used 65# paper from Michaels and cut at a speed of 500 and a pressure of 200... FYI. It was cut at 11 inches in diameter. The lines would be too thin to cut any smaller, I think.
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby kim » June 24th, 2014, 8:31 pm

Cool!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Gigi » June 24th, 2014, 8:49 pm

That is very cool and I do think it has a round look to it.

I would love to see it cut smaller - I am always amazed at how well this machine cuts even the thinnest of pieces. A force of 200 seems really high for 65# paper - but maybe your blade is higher than mine! Regardless, the results are stunning! GREAT job!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby newbiecat » June 25th, 2014, 3:01 am

iHi great results - beautiful cutting

can you tell me what size is the smallest aperture ?

would you consider have a look at the prospective buyer thread and see if you have any better results than mine have been ?
Just curious to see if it can be managed

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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby HDinAZ » June 25th, 2014, 10:35 am

I didn't really have any small apertures on that design, but the thinnest part of the web was one half millimeter. I did take a look at the thread you referenced and tried to cut that radar screen design. See my remarks and picture on the "prospective buyer" thread... :-)
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby MichelleMyBelle » June 26th, 2014, 2:01 am

I can see it, cool design!!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Elizabeth » June 26th, 2014, 7:07 am

Cool design, and beautifully cut!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby HDinAZ » June 26th, 2014, 11:17 am

Thanks for all your comments/compliments. :-) I've created another design, but haven't cut it out yet. Here's a pic...
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Gigi » June 26th, 2014, 1:42 pm

Wow - super cool. Love the designs
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Elizabeth » June 26th, 2014, 5:41 pm

Love it! Very neat designs!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby HDinAZ » June 26th, 2014, 7:41 pm

I was finally able to cut that "radar screen" file that was posted on the "prospective buyer" thread in the GENERAL category. Take a look and see just how small that thing is!!! It's only 1/8" square. I cut it in black parchment paper that I bought at Michaels. One thing I had to do was to make the interior square just 0.002" smaller because the SB couldn't cut that ultra thin separation between the two boxes.
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Gigi » June 26th, 2014, 8:48 pm

I saw that - it was amazing!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Angel135612 » June 27th, 2014, 8:19 am

WOW... love your designs... and the fact that the SB can cut them... AMAZING!!!!
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Re: An optical illusion... sort of!

Postby Elizabeth » June 27th, 2014, 12:38 pm

Thanks for taking the time to do that test cut! It is really tiny!
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