Re: CNC and math-based artwork

Jon Elson wrote:

>
> I had another idea, not a mathematical surface, but to make busts of
> my entire family. (And, if it actually worked out, maybe to sell a

package

> to do it, like the 'computer picture on a T-shirt' turnkey

businesses

> that were sold about 15 years ago. The tough part was getting

people's

> faces scanned into a 3-d point cloud. Laser beam scanners are

obviously

> out! Once you've got the 3-D data, then there is fairly low-cost
> software that can turn that into a toolpath for a 3-axis (XZA) or
> 4-axis (XYZA) mill.
>
> Jon

Good idea Jon. Let us know if you come up with somthing.

Wally K.