Guitarfrenzy Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Carving Reproduction Machine I think you could carve a guitar body, not sure about doing necks with this though. Thought it was an interesting tool, probably doesn't work good, but who knows. Anyone tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Haven't tried it but at that price and I know they have free shipping this month that is pretty tempting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted January 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yeah Brian, it's worth a try. Only problem I'm in the final stages of building one at this moment.. lol That's the way it goes though, but I did want to pass the information along since that's what we are here for is to share info. Hopefully we can all learn from on another. Maybe someone will try it out and find it works great.. Crosses fingers... I don't know when they came out with it, but it's the first time I've ever seen it before so not quite sure. Let us know if you decide to try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntbyrne Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 "Precision woodcarving replicating machine makes expert copies up to 29'' x 29'' in size. Reproduces surfaces with three dimensional carvings by using any popular router (not included). Ideal for sign making. Overall dimensions: 31-3/4''W x 31-1/4''L x 17-1/2''H " Now wait, it is only 31" by 31" but can make a copy 29" by 29" ??? 29" times 2 = 58". ???? something not right here unless it scales up and that wouldn't be as accurate. I suspect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprocketBoy Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 WOW i used one of those back in wood shop in high school.......ya know i wish i would've known then what i know now lol i just made one of those goofy napkin holders so i'd pass the class......i coulda crafted out a kickbutt guitar and started my luthier career sheesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted January 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 "Precision woodcarving replicating machine makes expert copies up to 29'' x 29'' in size. Reproduces surfaces with three dimensional carvings by using any popular router (not included). Ideal for sign making. Overall dimensions: 31-3/4''W x 31-1/4''L x 17-1/2''H " Now wait, it is only 31" by 31" but can make a copy 29" by 29" ??? 29" times 2 = 58". ???? something not right here unless it scales up and that wouldn't be as accurate. I suspect What they mean by that is that you have a total work area of 29"x29". That means you have to divide the work area's width in half to see what size you can copy. Dividing that by 2 you get a total copy area of 14.5" wide X 29" long. And you'd want some clearance both ways I would think. So I would think you could actually cut something out that is 13.5" x 28" easily, but I would call and talk to them about it before I got too excited, because I don't know the actual travel space of the router or stylus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntbyrne Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 I bet you are right. I bet the description is based on a translation so it is not exactly right. Looked at pic again. Looks like router will hit top bar on right side limiting how far it will travel to the right. Looks like you may loose an inch or two. If you loose only one and allowing 1/2" to left and right of wood block this limits width of body to 13.5". May work but is close. If router limitation is 2" it will be close, maybe too close. Agree, a call may be in order but I suspect they can't tell you much since they don't know what router you will put on it. A small diameter router would be better I would think. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted January 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Yeah a trim router is what I'd use. You can get a good one that's cheap from Homier. It works great and for the price you don't have to worry about it breaking down, which they claim works just as good as the higher end models. Go to Homier.com and search for item number 02735. Can't beat it for 9.99.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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