Tormach CNC Scanner
I stumble across this when reading a Machine Design magazine. This is a 2D scanner based on a camera that mounts on CNC mill. It can be used to reverse engineer parts.
It uses a Mach3 plugin to control the position. Knowing the exact position of the camera allows the software to create a very accurate 2D image of the parts. The exact scale of the image is also known.
The interesting thing is that there is a freeware version. There is a video on the web site that takes a $20 eBay pen cam and generates an image accurate to a few thousands of an inch. The software created a 400+ image composite image. The quality can go up quickly with even a cheap USB microscope cam. you can even use the unlicensed version of Mach3 because it does not run any G-Code.
The licensed version will export a DXF.
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[…] If you have a CNC machine you can easily convert it into a high resolution scanner. All you need is a $20 web cam and a bit of software. In the video above Andy Grevstad from Tormach demonstrates how easy it is to slap a part onto the CNC bed and have the entire part scanned so that the part can be copied. Click on some of the images below for a look at what the scanned results look like. Via: Buildlog.net […]
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