Onoff
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I can't see how you got distracted
Just had a cold shower and back on the CAD now! Never done anything like this before, nominally A1 paper size this.
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Just had a cold shower and back on the CAD now! Never done anything like this before, nominally A1 paper size this.
Take a photo. And measure the longest dimension.
Send it me. I am intrigued if my new software will do it.
Onoff
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Take a photo. And measure the longest dimension.
Send it me. I am intrigued if my new software will do it.
You can have a go with that pub photo if you want!
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Cut it in half.
henry Kadzielski
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My two cents worth. Sheetcam has a program called 'scanything' It is run on a computer that runs the cnc machine and using a USB microscope and scanns the pic, just like a magic eye. I have one but not yet connected as have no need of it yet. There is also a digitizing pad that you can use to generate the dxf. I have a 'gtco' and have done this before. For me it was clumsy but it was the first thing that I did. With practice it would be faster as demod on youtube. The software I have but haven't used it for several years as all my dxf's are given to me for cutting
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Before going to a lot of trouble (unless it is a bit of fun), are you aware that rubber gaskets are now available for the Essex?
James1979
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Do you reckon any usb microscope would work with that?
I tried mate but it's such low quality or its designed fragmented it won't convert it anywhere near good enough.
It's called vectorcop.
henry Kadzielski
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The microscope I have is a 200X B005 model from supereyes. It is a 15x speed from memory. Hope that helps
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It does thank you. A bit spendy over here but I’ll keep my eye open. Been on plasma spider and the other option is an Xbox vision camera. Found one inc post for a fiver.
It will prove if it works or not and if I use it and want to upgrade I’ll buy what you have.
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The scanning camera on my xtreme table would copy that no problem
@doubleboost hve you got a link to a video where you use it??
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I was doing quite well with it last year, but I've dropped it for a bit and forgotten most of it. I did scan an old plastic circuit "board" from the back of my instrument panel, edit it down to just get the outlines and when I re-printed it, it was close enough to original size that I could use it to make a new one.
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I'd just draw that from scratch with a few key dimensions - probably a 15min job
James1979
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That’s how I tend to do them at the moment. I like to try them in Inkscape just to practice as lots of people don’t give all the dimensions.
I’m interested in getting this magic eye thing running though.
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Unless you are desperate to learn...Just draw round it on a bit of plate..and cut it out with a plasma or a jigsaw. For a one off, or two..works fine.
Says the ancient sage.
Says the ancient sage.
