Mapping out project...

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Hi Lee,
It wasn't the David Scanner however, thats looks very interesting. Will definitely be taking a closer look into that. Have you received my PM mate regarding another thread?

The machine I seen was what looked like, a CNC machine. Instead of there being any cutting tools/pens etc it looked to be some sort of probing as Graffian mentions...?

Have a look on the Mach forums (if you are using Mach that is). Digitising is built into Mach. In the link above there are instructions on how to build your own digitiser as Renishaw probes can be expensive even second hand or from fleabay.

The Davids site is quoting accuracy of 0.4mm with a decent laser and camera but Renishaw probes can be much more accurate. And yes this is also on my "I want one of those" list:)

Jeff.

[mdre83]

Cheers for the replies guys.

Yeah, I had a look on youtube and that is where I seen the probing.
As graffian says, they show the probing but not the output.

So, with a normal (Rockcliff) CNC build and MACH, I can use this to map out certain objects then re-create that object into say an engraving for instance?

Providing I purchase the prob too.

[graffian]

If you look around the cnc forums you will find pics of the homemade, or 50 dollar, probe and a pic of something like a flower made of china[can't remember exactly what it was] and a carving of it done with a router after it was digitised.