hey Dave,
"working backward" wasn't quite what I meant, I see it makes more sense to hand shape the grip based on feel, and I see you did CNC some other parts now, it just looked like you were only cutting profile lines in the pictures, didn't see any contours cut or surfaces. If you wanted to now though, you could take some pics of your grips, use them as underlays and trace the top surface, then loft to it from the outside profile line.
Just thinking if you had a 3D model of the grip, you could CNC grips from exotic hardwood and offer those as kit options. What did you think of the laser cutting grip pattern idea? That would let you offer wood grips with crosshatch or whatever with an easy enough process to run to make it cost effective.
I can totally appreciate your process here, especially all the separate pieces, if you have a sec take a look at our bot:
http://www.therpf.com/f9/1-2-scale-atlas-portal-2-a-117713/
We have almost 200 separate pieces 3D printed! We had some small details Objet printed which must be what you're doing with your details. Anyway wanted to say this is looking great and I can appreciate the work being put in for sure! Like to see the fillisters, that's an especially nice touch.
"working backward" wasn't quite what I meant, I see it makes more sense to hand shape the grip based on feel, and I see you did CNC some other parts now, it just looked like you were only cutting profile lines in the pictures, didn't see any contours cut or surfaces. If you wanted to now though, you could take some pics of your grips, use them as underlays and trace the top surface, then loft to it from the outside profile line.
Just thinking if you had a 3D model of the grip, you could CNC grips from exotic hardwood and offer those as kit options. What did you think of the laser cutting grip pattern idea? That would let you offer wood grips with crosshatch or whatever with an easy enough process to run to make it cost effective.
I can totally appreciate your process here, especially all the separate pieces, if you have a sec take a look at our bot:
http://www.therpf.com/f9/1-2-scale-atlas-portal-2-a-117713/
We have almost 200 separate pieces 3D printed! We had some small details Objet printed which must be what you're doing with your details. Anyway wanted to say this is looking great and I can appreciate the work being put in for sure! Like to see the fillisters, that's an especially nice touch.
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