Delta force ensignia

[i_r_machinist]

Hello everyone,
I have a friend whose son-in-law was just accepted into the army's Delta Force. He would like me to make a plaque with that emblem on it for him. I've been a cnc programmer for 20+ years, but taking a picture and making code out of it is new to me. We just bought a plasma table and I'm not familiar with that software yet. So, does someone have this in .dxf that they would contribute? Or walk me through the conversion?

deltaforce.png

[Dustan]

what drawing program do you have

[BrianMick]

here is a quick job you may have to edit what you need so letters dont fall out

Brian

[i_r_machinist]

Very cool, Thanks alot!
We have a Samson table with PlasmaCam operating system. I played with importing in a bitmap today. I ended up with something that looked like a 1st grader drew, at best. I think that if I started out with a high resolution photo, I might have better luck.
thanks
gotta customer

[BrianMick]

Very cool, Thanks alot!
We have a Samson table with PlasmaCam operating system. I played with importing in a bitmap today. I ended up with something that looked like a 1st grader drew, at best. I think that if I started out with a high resolution photo, I might have better luck.
thanks
gotta customer

we have the same machine but i use a program called vector magic you can try it free for the first couple of times and then yu can use the online or desktop version if you buy it( would recomend it)...I haven't had much luck with plasma cams dealio either.....
Brian

[crossfab]

Is the vector software expensive? Does it operate easily? Is it the best way to go? Plasma cams software opens images like a echa sketch. Thanks for all the advice.

[Loyd]

I like inkscape. It is free and there are tutorials on youtube. Give it a shot you will probably like it. I have a plasmacam and use it in an industrial environment mostly.
The artsy stuff is for fun. Not a lot of time for it lately.
Just on old manual machinist. Used to do jigs and fixtures for cnc machines. F-16, F-18, Maverick missles, Blackhawk helicopters and the like.
Loyd

[i_r_machinist]

Loyd,
I was on the other end of the spectrum. I programed the cncs that the toolmakers made jigs for. Now I work in a nuke plant maintenance shop. Alot of high end software here, but it doesn't lend itself to "art" very well. Years of making absolutely straight lines and perfect circle makes art an extreme challenge. But I do like it.
Thanks to all
i_r_machinist

[GeorgeNewman]

See if this works for you.

George

[Rich_H]

For the record, This is Delta's patch. That one is SOCOM.

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