I am interested in engraving in to oar faces as gifts for my sailors. The oar face for engraving is approximately 144mm wide by 160mm and has about 2.22 millimeters from the center high point to the edge low point. I'm looking to engrave up to 100mm wide X 153mm high (4 inches wide by 6 inches high).
My idea is if I had a 3d image of the surface I could then lay the engraving on it and then convert to G-Code... am I on track?
Problem is I am such a NOOB that I don't have the skills to create a 3d image... I have ben able to V-Carve on flat surfaces. I can mill circles in to the oar (since I don't care if the depth is quite even on all sides (for putting challenge coins in to the face).
Any advise would be great! If my idea is correct, if someone was willing to create the 3d surface for use in inkspace or similar would be fantastic.
Thank you for reading this!