Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC Painting

These were used in the sign industry years ago before the new large format
vynil printers came out. They had four small spray heads mounted in the
carrage and printed like an inkjet in dots. They were capable of painting
huge billboards that were very detailed. Pictures
are probably in the archives of "sign of the times" magazine.

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From: "deanc500" <deancouillard@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:09 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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