Cheap/free CNC Machine Access...

[Aaron Vegh]

I've been half-following this thread, and it just occured to me that,
given the expense and trouble of creating a metal badge, have you
thought about stepping back and trying another medium? Case mod
designers have put together a lot of experience using paints and
stencils on cases, and I'll bet that a really cool stencil could be
made WAYYY cheaper than a metal badge, and might even look better.
Naturally, if you're truly bent on having this metal badge, go for it.
But here's just an idea...

Cheers!
Aaron.

On 2/27/06, Kevin Cozens <kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Colin McGregor wrote:
> > Well, I don't claim to be very artistic, but figuring
> > my way through creating a CAD file that has a Tux
> > image from say:
> >
> > http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/
> >
> > reduced down to say 21 mm ... that I think I can do...
> > basically tell the machine if it is black mill it out
> > to a depth of x mm...
>
> You are looking for something along the lines of the bottom left image on that
> web page? How thick would the black areas be compared to the white areas? It
> should be fairly easy hard to create a basic 3D model using that image as a
> guide. I have both Rhino 3D (surface modeller) and IronCAD (solid modeller).
> Would the CNC machine accept an IGES file for import or do you need something
> else? The programs I use can output several different file formats.
>
> --
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
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