Re: Digest Number 67

Andrew,

I am just looking for a laser head that can be programmed. I planed to use
Indexer LPT and visual basic to do the control.

You can find Model Mill by doing a search on the web. It sels for about
$4,000.

BTW, I am a dealer for AlphaCam.

Bob Campbell

----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Werby <drewid@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 67


> From: Andrew Werby <drewid@...>
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 14:08:48 -0500
> From: "Robert Campbell" <rcamp@...-dfw.com>
> Subject: Re: Design to part - what to use
>
> Andrew,
>
> When you get a laser scanners I would be interested in getting one.
>
> [I wasn't thinking of purchasing a laser scanner myself, unless I found
one
> at auction or something. They run $50k and up. (if that doesn't put you
> off, I can steer you to some of the manufacturers). What I was thinking of
> doing was to negotiate a group rate with somebody who already owns one and
> puts out scans at a fairly reasonable price, hoping to get closer to
> affordable. Let me know if this interests you- laser scans are the best
> way of getting complex 3d information into a computer that I've found,
> although there are some new photogrammetric systems I have yet to check
> out.]
>
> I want
> to scan wood carvings and be able to reproduce them on my cnc router. I
am
> also interested in building a rotary indexer for my cnc router so that I
can
> reproduce carvings in the round.
>
> [That wouldn't need to be too complicated- just a lathe-bed arrangement
> with a surface plate and stops at strategic points, like every 90 degrees,
> or every 120. The major problems are having enough z-axis room (most CNC
> routers have very little Z, perhaps because they're designed for
> sign-carving) and finding long enough toolbits to reach the low spots in
> your carving.]
>
> I am currently looking at Model Mill. It looks nice and can import DXF
> files from Rhino.
>
> [Do they have a URL? I'm always interested in new programs. How much does
> it cost? I just found out about a program, Visual Mill, that can now deal
> with Rhino's native 3dm NURBS format, but haven't got much information on
> it as yet- if it works well and isn't too expensive I might sign on as a
> reseller.]
>
> am also planning on getting a copy of Rhino at some
> point.
>
> Bob Campbell
>
> [You can download a demo good for 20 uses or so from their site, so you
can
> try it out. Let me know when you're ready to purchase it- it think I've
got
> the best price around,]
>
> Andrew Werby
> http://www.computersculpture.com/
>
>