| 6 Oct 2022 |
 xxcoder | ie no cut an full depth | 20:54:22 |
 roycroft | the sticker tape is what made me not be interested | 20:54:25 |
| xxcoder | ah that one dunno | 20:54:34 |
| roycroft | it seemed i'd be spending half my money on rolls of tape if i bought one | 20:54:46 |
| xxcoder | yeah if I recall right that tape is quite expensive. | 20:54:52 |
 CaptHindsight | it needs a way of knowing where Z is and also a way of holding Z position | 20:55:00 |
| xxcoder | well if it has 2 position thing also, thats not too bad also | 20:55:34 |
| xxcoder | just limited | 20:55:38 |
| CaptHindsight | one way to add Z stability is increase the diameter of the base of the shaper | 20:56:09 |
| xxcoder | cant do massive voids yeah. | 20:57:09 |
| CaptHindsight | so a 2 ft dia baseplate would give you 1 ft dia of Z area | 20:57:19 |
| CaptHindsight | if you had an arm to track Z then it could be larger | 20:58:04 |
| CaptHindsight | if i commercial the shaper I'd like to use roycroft for the infomercial | 20:59:53 |
| roycroft | that's why i like their "workstation" thing | 21:02:57 |
| roycroft | for small parts it eliminates the tape | 21:03:36 |
| roycroft | building my over/under cnc router/router table is a better solution for me though | 21:08:32 |
| roycroft | there are applications for which the shaper origin is perfect, and unmatched, though | 21:10:26 |
| roycroft | for example, installing inlay in a wooden floor | 21:10:41 |
| xxcoder | indeed | 21:11:00 |
| xxcoder | that would be fun for children room. wood floorm then make inlays of random stuff | 21:11:30 |
| CaptHindsight | what if want to do 4x8 sheets? | 21:32:06 |
| CaptHindsight | 1mm accuracy is more than good enough | 21:33:32 |
| CaptHindsight | 1/25th inch | 21:33:50 |
 jdh | I have a project to measure items between 60-160 inches long within a few thousandths. and one end of some of the items has an inferred datum. | 21:58:49 |
 ZincBoy[CA, ON] | Laser interferometer | 21:59:44 |
| jdh | you would have to fixture a target I think. | 22:42:50 |
| jdh | the other end has a nice square datum which helps. | 22:42:50 |
| jdh | yeah. measurement occurs on the factory floor (table) | 22:42:50 |
| roycroft | i hope you have really good temperature control in your metrology lab | 22:42:51 |
| xxcoder | just table or Surface? | 22:46:59 |
