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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: cephjedi on February 02, 2007, 02:41:03 PM
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...sort of like a 3d Scanner. An inside out approach to CNC!
I have several guitar bodies that I'd like to model precisely so I can make a custom pickguards for them, and I was thinking there must be an automated (and more precise than tracing on graph paper) way to do this. Maybe insert a sensor in the tool chuck and let the machine trace it? I duno. I'm very new at this.
There's a sophisticated CNC tool for luthiers called the Plek, which scans the neck of a guitar very precisely so the technician can make optimal adjustments. Then the Plek does a a fret levelling job in CNC automated fashion.
I was wondering if it's even remotely possible to use a homebrew Mach-controlled machine to "read" a 3d shape. Does anyone have an idea how I could go about this challenge? Thanks in advance!
CJ
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You can use a probe and the digitise wizard, it will make a point cloud and you will then need software to convert this to G code. I think its a slow process but as I have never used it I cant say for sure.
Hood
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Thanks Hood!
I read through a lot of forum entries scanning for this sort of thing but I had no idea what to call it. Bam: google touch probe and mach and my question is answered.
Wow this is going to be a busy weekend. I hope my X slides come in from Ebay today or tomorrow! I wanna build my machine!
Cheers! CephJedi
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HA HA, well I too hope to have a busy weekend, want to try and get a bit more done to my lathe.
Hood