Re: CNC Painting

Hi group,
I wasn't thinking of artistic type painting, just a mundane way of automating furniture finishing.

But the mind boggles when I consider the artistic side of things

Regards
Bob Thomas

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Brian" <ka1bbg@w...> wrote:
> go fer it.. you can get your kids picture shot onto a coffee cup and they
> glaze it with glass so its dishwasher safe, takes 1/2 hour to process!
> People were lined up 20 at a time waiting to get that special cup for
> grandma.cul brian f.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "deanc500" <deancouillard@s...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:09 PM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC Painting
>
>
> > I have always wanted to put an airbrush on my router and spray
> > artistic designs on t-shirts. I thought that the z height could be
> > varied slightly to get different line widths and density. I still mean
> > to try it some day. I would just do it as a hobby, but I wonder if
> > there may be a market for a mall kiosk where customers could watch
> > there own shirts get sprayed by a "robot" artist. A small silkscreen
> > dryer could cure them in a few minutes. The designs could even be
> > customized with their names etc. Just thinking out loud. Actually, it
> > is this very concept that got me started in cnc 5 years ago.
> > Dean
> >
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., CL <datac@l...> wrote:
> > > echnidna wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi Group
> > > >Can anyone comment or give info on the possibility of cnc spray
> > painting (non-electrostatic)
> > > >
> > > >Regards
> > > >Bob Thomas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I have seen attempts over the years..... One I saw at least 20 years
> > ago
> > > was simply a gantry device flipped up, and a gang of air brushes each
> > > with a different color. Each air brush had a specific tool offset
> > > applied, and I/O was used to trigger the one needed with a selenoid.
> > >
> > > Its downfalls were not being able to "vary" paint and air, (all ON or
> > > all OFF), and the biggest downfall was inavailability of the
> > software to
> > > do anything but vector lines.
> > > Something similar was the use of a thick goooey UV cure colored
> > urethane
> > > in a tube, that laid down "beads" of this stuff on acrylic to simulate
> > > Neon when backlit. I forgot the name of this stuff but could find it.
> > > The stuff came out of Canada and was quite popular. You can see signage
> > > made with it even today, but, I do not know who is doing it. I know
> > > PRECIX routers had a an attachment for it.
> > >
> > > Of course that is all changed. Today, go to any signage tade show, and
> > > you will see 20' wide billboard printers, printing raster images from
> > > just about any PC or Mac. Other than having large sprayheads, I would
> > > imagine it is not much different than a typical Inkjet printer. They
> > are
> > > incredibly fast, AND accurate. Oh,,, also reeeeaaall expensive.
> > >
> > > Depending on what you would like to do, it likely can be
> > accomplished by
> > > a home brewer with todays software availability.
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