Computersculpture.com for 3d scanners, CAD software, CAM software, and Desktop Mills
 

Hi All;

I'm Andrew Werby of Computersculpture.com. I'm a CNC enthusiast myself, and have built some of my own equipment as well as using high-tech tools to do sculpture and other projects. I sell 3d scanners that bring objects from the real world into the computer, 3d modeling tools including the amazing touch-feedback systems from Sensable Technologies, CAM software like RhinoCAM, VisualMill, and DeskProto, and small CNC machines like the Taig and Sherline.

I like to talk about all this stuff, which is why I got into this as a business, and also why I'm here. I've admired the Mechmate for a while now, and I'm glad to see it doing so well, with such an active online forum. If I can help anyone here get better results from their machines with some of the products I sell, that would be great, but I'm happy just to stick my oar in whenever it might do some good.

Of course, if someone here already owns any of these products and needs help with them, I'd be glad to try, even if I didn't happen to sell them to that person - feel free to bounce any questions off of me that you want.

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com

scaners
 

Scanner products have improved dramaticaly in the last few years. What I want is a scanner that can be mounted to my gantry and do 2 and 3 D scanning of work area 4' by 8' and/or 18" by 10" column mounted on the A axis. I haven't found anything like that yet.

Art, here is an example:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/21...nc_router.html

And another:
http://www.denford.ltd.uk/index.php?...d=96&Itemid=65

They are laser distance sensors. Have seen some that project multiple angled beams to "see" difficult detail. Each beam just senses distance, and software works it all out. There is a ShopBotter who built his own, but he is telling nobody how he did it (he advertises his laser scanning service).

Another one:
http://www.riftek.com/pages/3deng.htm

So Andrew, Have you got any of these? :)

Hi Andrew
I like very much your sister site its been in my favorite for years. I posted in the forum a link to your site because you had good deal on cad and cam software. I was wondering if it apply over sea ,it is not for me I am all set but other might be interested.
Gerald the botter will sell,:rolleyes: but only to the military

another link: http://www.david-laserscanner.com/

No Pablo, we are not talking about the david-laser types. We are talking about:

Hi Art
Maybe this will work for you I dont know the price. They software will allow for circular saw blade tool path .I think you can buy without software.
There is a nice horses download file on their site.
Normand blais
http://www.scantech.dk/