The moon was pretty weird last month in south america. Upside down crescent. Losing your things and getting frustated about it is something I can relate. Sometimes it takes me an hour just the find the keys out of the house! Hopefully your prototype will come up nicely.
@@pinarppanrapir9489 hey, that is interesting regarding the moon. I was also told that there has been a lot of solar flare activity recently. Thanks for the perspective on the matter of personal organization. I know I'm not alone in my issues but sometimes I think I must be the worst! That kind of thinking doesn't help. I think the prototype will be cool and that we will have a final product before long. Whether anyone else thinks they need one will be the next thing to discover :D
You don't need a 3d scan... Do it the old fashioned way with a mic or calipers. AutoCad takes years to learn and become proficient with. The easiest way to do it would be to get all the measurements of your product/design and work with someone who knows CAD. Once you have a cad file with your solid model you are ready to write a CNC program. You will have to pay someone to write a file for you but then at least you have the file.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 It could yet come to using the more traditional methods you detail. Today I spoke with the owner and the machinist, they were receptive. The machinist said he would be able to figure it out manually, but it would take some time, trial and error to get a good fit. Implied was that he would be happy to do it, but his time is valuable. So from their perspective it did make more sense to outsource to someone with the scanner. Then I should get the the very most accurate data possible, which could only help in making the part the best it can be, in the long run. The tang of the blade has a lot of curves, nothing straight, flat or angular, so to get the CAD drawing from manual measurements does seem daunting to me. The machine shop owner was suggesting I use the free cloud-based software to get my design down because he could otherwise foresee a lengthy back-and-forth over the final design, ergos etc. This is exactly where I would wish to apply myself in the project and I think he foresaw exactly right! So my next question was, how do I get the exact measurements of the Leatherman tang in order to work out my part? The very easiest way is delegate to someone else. Once I have the CAD file, then the machine guys can make me some blanks that will accept the Leatherman tang, in annealed steel. Then I can grind out one or more prototypes which can in turn be 3D scanned and replicated by CNC. Then I get to design the parts my way, by eye and by touch, then have as many made as meets demand. It's hard to guess how many customers there might be - but if I could sell enough to make the project pay for itself I would see that as a worthwhile venture. Not that I would be averse to making a fortune! but my motivation is also a kind of activism. I think the good people of the UK have the right to carry a Leatherman Arc, but many of them would not out of respect for or fear of the oppressive legislation. Offering a satisfactory solution to this quandary is my most worthy motivation and also the first. Now of course at this stage I have to think about money, so if 3D scanning is very expensive then it may not make sense given the scale of the project. Then I'll have to revert to my friend James's advice. Wow just this minute my wife just came in with the prototype in hand. She had picked it up with the bedclothes, to launder :D
@@dongkhamet1351 I wish I still had access to the machine shop. They let us use the software in our free time, and I have a MASTERCAM and AutoCAD certs. It's been years since I've written a program but that sounds like a particularly fun one! Can't wait to see where this goes!
The moon was pretty weird last month in south america. Upside down crescent. Losing your things and getting frustated about it is something I can relate. Sometimes it takes me an hour just the find the keys out of the house! Hopefully your prototype will come up nicely.
@@pinarppanrapir9489 hey, that is interesting regarding the moon. I was also told that there has been a lot of solar flare activity recently.
Thanks for the perspective on the matter of personal organization. I know I'm not alone in my issues but sometimes I think I must be the worst! That kind of thinking doesn't help.
I think the prototype will be cool and that we will have a final product before long. Whether anyone else thinks they need one will be the next thing to discover :D
You don't need a 3d scan... Do it the old fashioned way with a mic or calipers. AutoCad takes years to learn and become proficient with. The easiest way to do it would be to get all the measurements of your product/design and work with someone who knows CAD. Once you have a cad file with your solid model you are ready to write a CNC program. You will have to pay someone to write a file for you but then at least you have the file.
@@jimbusmaximus4624 It could yet come to using the more traditional methods you detail.
Today I spoke with the owner and the machinist, they were receptive. The machinist said he would be able to figure it out manually, but it would take some time, trial and error to get a good fit. Implied was that he would be happy to do it, but his time is valuable. So from their perspective it did make more sense to outsource to someone with the scanner. Then I should get the the very most accurate data possible, which could only help in making the part the best it can be, in the long run.
The tang of the blade has a lot of curves, nothing straight, flat or angular, so to get the CAD drawing from manual measurements does seem daunting to me.
The machine shop owner was suggesting I use the free cloud-based software to get my design down because he could otherwise foresee a lengthy back-and-forth over the final design, ergos etc. This is exactly where I would wish to apply myself in the project and I think he foresaw exactly right!
So my next question was, how do I get the exact measurements of the Leatherman tang in order to work out my part? The very easiest way is delegate to someone else. Once I have the CAD file, then the machine guys can make me some blanks that will accept the Leatherman tang, in annealed steel. Then I can grind out one or more prototypes which can in turn be 3D scanned and replicated by CNC.
Then I get to design the parts my way, by eye and by touch, then have as many made as meets demand. It's hard to guess how many customers there might be - but if I could sell enough to make the project pay for itself I would see that as a worthwhile venture. Not that I would be averse to making a fortune! but my motivation is also a kind of activism. I think the good people of the UK have the right to carry a Leatherman Arc, but many of them would not out of respect for or fear of the oppressive legislation.
Offering a satisfactory solution to this quandary is my most worthy motivation and also the first.
Now of course at this stage I have to think about money, so if 3D scanning is very expensive then it may not make sense given the scale of the project.
Then I'll have to revert to my friend James's advice.
Wow just this minute my wife just came in with the prototype in hand. She had picked it up with the bedclothes, to launder :D
@@dongkhamet1351 I wish I still had access to the machine shop. They let us use the software in our free time, and I have a MASTERCAM and AutoCAD certs. It's been years since I've written a program but that sounds like a particularly fun one! Can't wait to see where this goes!