Has anyone successfully built a sled to scan rotary ?
Has anyone successfully built a sled to scan rotary ?
If I remember, Bud used to do rotary scans with Ed Baker's rotary jig. I have not really thought too much about it or tried it, but , it seems to me that one could just use the rotary jig to scan rotary objects. How would the machine know the difference? Something that just has to be tried.
Now that I have a second to think about it, there will be a scaling problem in the x direction. If the rotary object has a different radius than the rotary drive wheel, the x will not be scaled right. I suppose one just has to correct that later. Give it a try and report!
AskBud was using the old rotary jig. I have one that I built. I know that you can scan with that, so why not with the new factory made one?
Clint
Bud was doing scans using a sled. But he is no longer with us. He used a modified Ed Baker rotary jig. Leo uses the same jig, maybe he will give you more infor.
Using Designer 1.187, STL importer, Center line, conforming vectors, scanning probe/PE, and the ROCK chuck.
Eddie
Clint see post #8. At least that is my thought on the scanning with the new one.
Using Designer 1.187, STL importer, Center line, conforming vectors, scanning probe/PE, and the ROCK chuck.
Eddie
See this thread http://forum.carvewright.com/showthr...Patterns/page7 starting at first post.
Also I believe Metalus stated you can not scan with the new LHR jig.
see this thread
http://forum.carvewright.com/showthr...ary-Jig/page15
post #36
Last edited by eelamb; 03-26-2014 at 10:15 AM.
Using Designer 1.187, STL importer, Center line, conforming vectors, scanning probe/PE, and the ROCK chuck.
Eddie
Like you said in your post.
Nice going Dan, and thanks for posting it as a PTN.
For everyone, a PTN file created in 2.005, or created through the rotary software (still ver 2.005) can be read in designer 1.187. But if the project file (MPC) is posted from designer 2.x we on version 1.187 can not open it. So please if you are using designer 2.x please post the PTN file so everyone can enjoy your work and please post an image as well as the pattern file.
Using Designer 1.187, STL importer, Center line, conforming vectors, scanning probe/PE, and the ROCK chuck.
Eddie