Hi,
As mention earlier in this thread, I pick-up my new scanner kit last monday. It is not perfect, but I think we can learn from this.
The guy who accept to take the challenge of cutting my new scanner was a gentleman. I visit 3 custom CNC shops before, none was ready to take the challenge at a fair price. I find Phillipe over the internet small ads. We strike the deal by e-mail.... no upfront money ask. Kind of a blind date...
I do not expect a perfect kit from this first cut since I could rely only on the .dxf and .psf files given here and have no experience with a CAD, I do not have a CAD program to read the .dxf. I know nothing about CNC wood router, like we say over here I could'nt tell the tail from the head of this machine.
My goal was, if Phillipe could cut something with the infos I give him, even if it's not perfect... I will be happy as long as I can salvage what he does .....
Ok here's the first scanner I build from carboard box based on Daniel plan.....
Well, nothing special here, a cardboard box, a camera ,on a dumpster find tripod (the head of the tripod was gone), a piece of glass from old aluminium window, an early 20 century light stand... A 5000 k/2000L fluo bulb..... realy,realy basic... I know, I know the floor and the hooded craddle in the background get your attention more then the set-up.... Nevermind I was able to scan the 1881 Belden Atlas (19" X12") with this set up and the help of Scan Tailor...
I was smilling when I find this cardborad box ....
Get Inspire ,Create and Share a perfect box to make a book craddle for DIY scanner ....
Ok, here's a photo taken by Phillipe last friday night when he was working at my scanner.
This is the monster CNC router who cut it.
Packing the kit for me.
Here's the bundle...
Now, here's the parts I will have to re-work.
What is the problem here ????
The next one is my fault I do not know we have to flip the sheet, so I ended up with bearing pocket on side only for those arms.
There is no notes on the .psd for those arms so I will have to make the bearings pockets myself.
The two last ones are programming error for sure....
Here's the first one:
I could fix this one with my gigsaw....
The last one:
Here I have the choice, table saw, router or shaper....
Could we learn something from my experience ???
Could we improved some part of the process from my first cut ???
See You !!!!
Fab,
P.S. English is a second language for me, you can laugh at me or help me improved....