Mad Moose Baits Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 I want to mess around with making stencils, but would like an accurate RC 1.5 and/or 2.5 stl model to work with. Free or paid. Any help would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 Some of the new phones have 3d scanning function(anything with facial recognition) or something like photo grammy (A collection of photos processed into a stl. 3d scanning standard lure bodies and making 3d printed stencils has been on my radar for a while but the price of entry is pretty steep and the market for product pretty small. A while back I did run into an Arduino based scanning system, but at this point I am in the middle of a CNC router build so making this has been pushed to the maybe someday list. Sort of depends if the CNC router build works out. if I can actually make stepper motors work then maybe I swing buy this project again. this is the scanner project link https://en.openscan.eu/openscan-classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dgfidler Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Aulrich. I’m not sure if you already bought your electronics, but if you have not, I bought a 4 axis turnkey kit from G3CNC. it’s a small, possibly one man shop run by a guy named Stacy. He walked me through wiring issues and I had no problems getting up and running on my homemade router. I feel I can use the electronics box he built for me as a good example to do the next machine on my own. If you’re planning to make lures with your CNC, you are going to be pleasantly surprised by the quality once you get up to speed. I have been debating creating a YouTube channel on the subject because I feel very strongly it’s hands down the best method to produce wooden lures if you’re willing to make the time investment. It was so much trial and error getting there that makes me hesitate doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryF2858 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 What program do you use fusion or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 No I have not bought anything yet for the scanning, building my cnc(just about done) has given me a bit of a bug for electro mechanical tom foolery. Yes Fusion, but there are other options. For now I 3d print my lures, I had not thought of CNC'ing lures a whole lot. That said A rotary Y axis has been stewing in the back burner of my mind, I can swap out the router for a laser module and etching mugs and stuff is on my kids etsy radar. But that is a future thing right now I have built my cnc as short as possible since the goal is to cut aluminum molds for soft plastics. Just typing this reply out it comes to mind I could just cut out lure halves. Get a nice flat piece of something cut the exterior shape out leaving it in the plank with tabs. flip the whole plank and cut the internals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
