Hi,
I've had this home made pantograph for some time now. I usually only use it to put numbers or letters on something. Awhile back my wife brought home a cast iron acanthus do-dad for a wall ornament. I thought it would make a good experiment to see if I could reproduce it in 3d at a 2:1 scale. I screwed it down to the copy table and used the stylus to trace/profile the casting.
I don't have a finished picture because I don't know where my wife put the finished piece. I'll post it if I can find it.
I made a couple of small D cutters from old drill shanks. The crappy pictures below will give you an idea of how it went. I thought some of you might like the idea for applying it to your modeling work somehow.
The pantograph has to be the floating arm type to allow vertical tracing.
Rich
I've had this home made pantograph for some time now. I usually only use it to put numbers or letters on something. Awhile back my wife brought home a cast iron acanthus do-dad for a wall ornament. I thought it would make a good experiment to see if I could reproduce it in 3d at a 2:1 scale. I screwed it down to the copy table and used the stylus to trace/profile the casting.
I don't have a finished picture because I don't know where my wife put the finished piece. I'll post it if I can find it.
I made a couple of small D cutters from old drill shanks. The crappy pictures below will give you an idea of how it went. I thought some of you might like the idea for applying it to your modeling work somehow.
The pantograph has to be the floating arm type to allow vertical tracing.
Rich
