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pantograph plans or hints?
I'd like to make a pantograh, so I can duplicate some flat items with
complex contours. Any hints/tips on making one, or is it as straightforward as it looks? I only need X and Y, not Z. |
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pantograph plans or hints?
Heck, Dave, you can buy one for less than $1/lb.
- - Rex Burkheimer Dave Hinz wrote: I'd like to make a pantograh, so I can duplicate some flat items with complex contours. Any hints/tips on making one, or is it as straightforward as it looks? I only need X and Y, not Z. |
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pantograph plans or hints?
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:27:44 -0500, Rex B
wrote: Heck, Dave, you can buy one for less than $1/lb. Hell yes. Pantographs seem to go for about .30 a lbs Gunner - - Rex Burkheimer Dave Hinz wrote: I'd like to make a pantograh, so I can duplicate some flat items with complex contours. Any hints/tips on making one, or is it as straightforward as it looks? I only need X and Y, not Z. "I think this is because of your belief in biological Marxism. As a genetic communist you feel that noticing behavioural patterns relating to race would cause a conflict with your belief in biological Marxism." Big Pete, famous Usenet Racist |
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pantograph plans or hints?
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:34:25 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:27:44 -0500, Rex B wrote: Heck, Dave, you can buy one for less than $1/lb. Hell yes. Pantographs seem to go for about .30 a lbs Really... Anyone got one in the Wisconsin-ish area? I suppose these are considered somewhat obsolete since the production shops will be using CNC for complex shapes? It'll fit right in to my basement shop, though; nothing newer than (hmmm) 1960's technology, I think. Dave "not complaining, mind you" Hinz |
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pantograph plans or hints?
Dave Hinz wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:34:25 GMT, Gunner wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:27:44 -0500, Rex B wrote: Heck, Dave, you can buy one for less than $1/lb. Hell yes. Pantographs seem to go for about .30 a lbs Really... Anyone got one in the Wisconsin-ish area? I suppose these are considered somewhat obsolete since the production shops will be using CNC for complex shapes? It'll fit right in to my basement shop, though; nothing newer than (hmmm) 1960's technology, I think. They go by on ebay River regularly, often with no bids because they state "Local pickup only". I th0ought long and hard about one here in Ft Worth that would have gone for $350 with all the letters. It's probably still there. Rex |
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pantograph plans or hints?
I saw a pantograph in CNC mode - Human holding both pointer in trace and the
plasma torch out further. I think it was for the 'movie'. The table was 8 x 20 from what it looked - nice web design and this big pantograph that scaled up the small model into metal. In what I have used in the past - for drawing - was two V's that had axis bolts in the vertex. Running along each arm are equally spaced holes. Both V's have same spacing on the same V but ours was on both V's. Then once made, pins have to be made - sliding fit for these holes. The V's are then mated creating a dual W of sorts - a V point up an one down. The ratio between the one pair to the other pair determines the scale. Not bad to make - and can be custom fit to any table. Maritn Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:34:25 GMT, Gunner wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:27:44 -0500, Rex B wrote: Heck, Dave, you can buy one for less than $1/lb. Hell yes. Pantographs seem to go for about .30 a lbs Really... Anyone got one in the Wisconsin-ish area? I suppose these are considered somewhat obsolete since the production shops will be using CNC for complex shapes? It'll fit right in to my basement shop, though; nothing newer than (hmmm) 1960's technology, I think. Dave "not complaining, mind you" Hinz ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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pantograph plans or hints?
So what you are talking about is a Label or sign maker pantograph.
I'd think the sign shops might have one in a corner - the ones that do company name and other engraving. Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member Rex B wrote: Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:34:25 GMT, Gunner wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:27:44 -0500, Rex B wrote: Heck, Dave, you can buy one for less than $1/lb. Hell yes. Pantographs seem to go for about .30 a lbs Really... Anyone got one in the Wisconsin-ish area? I suppose these are considered somewhat obsolete since the production shops will be using CNC for complex shapes? It'll fit right in to my basement shop, though; nothing newer than (hmmm) 1960's technology, I think. They go by on ebay River regularly, often with no bids because they state "Local pickup only". I th0ought long and hard about one here in Ft Worth that would have gone for $350 with all the letters. It's probably still there. Rex ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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pantograph plans or hints?
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:51:47 -0500, Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
So what you are talking about is a Label or sign maker pantograph. I'd think the sign shops might have one in a corner - the ones that do company name and other engraving. Ah...yes, that would do quite well. Funny; I've worked on one of those, and have apparenlty mentally reinvented it without knowing why. Yes, that's exactly what I need. |
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pantograph plans or hints?
On 12 Apr 2006 16:05:10 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:
I'd like to make a pantograh, so I can duplicate some flat items with complex contours. Any hints/tips on making one, or is it as straightforward as it looks? I only need X and Y, not Z. photocopy the part. place the photocopy face down on the material to be used. use an iron with the steam turned off and about the cotton setting and iron down the photocopy. this will melt and transfer some of the toner down on to the piece of material. done well you get a perfect image of the linework on the piece of material. Stealth Pilot |
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pantograph plans or hints?
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:48:30 +0800, Stealth Pilot wrote:
On 12 Apr 2006 16:05:10 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote: I'd like to make a pantograh, so I can duplicate some flat items with complex contours. Any hints/tips on making one, or is it as straightforward as it looks? I only need X and Y, not Z. photocopy the part. place the photocopy face down on the material to be used. use an iron with the steam turned off and about the cotton setting and iron down the photocopy. this will melt and transfer some of the toner down on to the piece of material. I've heard that you can buy printer paper for photocopiers or laser printers, made specifically for doing iron-on transfers, which work even better. Haven't tried it yet. done well you get a perfect image of the linework on the piece of material. That's not the problem, the "cutting all the odd angles and curves without once screwing up or it'll ruin the piece" is the problem. |
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pantograph plans or hints?
Most awards and trophy shops have gone to cnc and likely have one or two
just collecting dust. call around |
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