3d scanning

[Robert Lambie]

so are you scanning this on 3d scanner then outputting to your new router henry?
just curious incase its a 3d printer. 😀

i looked at some 3d routing software a long time ago but the software was as expensive as our router at the time, which was only a metre square bed, but still.

possibilities are endless with this sort of technology.

thanks for sharing!

[Henry Barker]

The scanner is attached to the spindle head, so I can scan the whole 2x3m or put something in the chuck of the 4th axis and rotate and scan, as in the picture, the software is all built into the router control system, the scanner is an industrial unit from Israel . This piece was scanned at 0.05mm , at 3000 points per second, but you can change resolution, and lenses depending on what you want to scan, and end use.

It’s not a 3d printer, there is a little printer, software package, recently released by 3d systems called cubify, where the printer is about $1200 and software about $150.

This scanner was abit over £10,000.

[Martin Pearson]

For that sort of money you would expect it to at least get the colours right :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Henry Barker]

Hi Martin, yes its not exactly scan and rout, but for helping people make prototype models, reverse engineer, or models for theatre, tradeshows etc its a great timesaver, and added to the cost of the machine and over the life of the machine will be a smaller cost in the longrun. I also feel that I will let this machine see my signmaking days out, so built it as I wanted to have it instead of buying model a b or c. have learnt abit in the 9 years I had my old AXYZ. 🙂