# First Photo Vcarve Project

**URL:** <https://forum.sienci.com/t/first-photo-vcarve-project/25142>\
**Category:** 🪑 Projects\
**Created:** [December 8, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/first-photo-vcarve-project/25142 "2025-12-08T22:46:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sawdust\_Manufacturer](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Sawdust\_Manufacturer](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Sawdust_Manufacturer)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/first-photo-vcarve-project/25142/1 "2025-12-08T22:46:46Z")

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![IMG_3341](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/da5985dbc7df39f2f96d88166eea3e5531a882d2.jpeg)

First time attempting the Photo Vcarve. Made in honor of my father’s passing last year. Nothing crazy fancy, but I’m pleased with how it turned out.

I can see me doing a lot more of these types of carves. The Vectric software makes me appear far more skilled than I actually am!!

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**Author:** ![jimmyartis](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jimmyartis](https://forum.sienci.com/u/jimmyartis)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/first-photo-vcarve-project/25142/2 "2025-12-08T23:48:25Z")

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Very nice! what settings and bit did you use?

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**Author:** ![Sawdust\_Manufacturer](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Sawdust\_Manufacturer](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Sawdust_Manufacturer)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/first-photo-vcarve-project/25142/3 "2025-12-09T01:13:41Z")

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Thanks! I used a 60 degree vbit for the photo and wording and a 1/4” downcut end mill to frame and highlight the photo. Then just used a block plane to knock off the sharp edges.

For the settings, I used 0.04” max depth of cut, which gave me decent detail while not being too fragile to sand down.

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/jake/32/2491_2.png) [@Jake](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/first-photo-vcarve-project/25142/4 "2025-12-13T19:28:53Z")

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Very nicely done! I’ve been meaning to attempt a photo carve for sometime now.