Originally Posted by
Capt Bruce
Fellow Forum Rabble,
I finally got past the rush of signs and plaques I've been making (six months of designs built up in Designer while I waited to pay off my machine in Lay A Way). Now I get around to setting up a scanning sled and reading the various posts and instructions/video and I have a problem.
I've long wanted to reproduce an eagle with crossed flags that I designed and carved by hand years ago and it was going to be my first project when I bought a Duplicarver. The CarveWright in the end won out for it's advanced features like scanning. The problem is I'm ready to scan and it's just a bit too big for the CarveWright. Wing to wing tip it is 22.5 inches by 14 inches tall (wide) by 3/4 thick. No way I can see to pass it through on a sled with 13 inch max width.
Looking for ideas or a member/source where I can send the carving and have it accurately scanned, to then scale the pattern down to a board width that will fit into the CarveWright and proceed to make sawdust. I realize I could make larger versions by carving on multiple boads but we'll look at that later.
A view of the carving over my front door.
I'd appreciate any suggestions or leads because I recognize when I just can't "Do It Yourself." Thanks as always and I really appreciate the advice and guidance offered here among friends.
I would not think you would be able to make a direct scan the 13 inches, I think the scanning probe would hit the edges of your scanning sled. I think you would need to make an undercut in the side rails to fit the tail and scan it in two parts. It would be very easy to put those parts together in the Pattern Editor. Maybe lots of pain but Your a “Capt Bruce” and most Capt's can do a lot do things, you keep us all safe.
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