Arnaud Van Tilburgh
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For the first time I want to make a design for a shape that is not flat, not even only curved.
Making a photo of the object does not work, because of the perspective the lens registers.
For flat objects, the scanner works to trace the contours after that, not for a pistol.
I have a copy of John B. that I thought would be the right shape, but it is not.
Searching in the older treads, I could not find the answer how to do it precisely.
I have scanned the pistol, and sure it than is the right size without perspective. But as the pistol has a thickness, not all of it is sharp, so that image don’t work to trace the contours.
Some parts that are only curved to one side, I can measure them and design them as a flat surface. Curved in two directions and having curved borders, I don’t know how to design a flat version of it.
The only way I can think of for the most complicated surfaces, is to put a thin piece of paper around it, and burnish it with my fingernails, then trace it with a pencil.
But even sphere shape probably won’t be precisely enough.
So the only way I can think of to do it precisely, is to draw directly on the object.
My question: is there a way to transfer the shapes of this pistol precisely so I can make a design ready to be transferred ? Or must I first make the contours of the shape approximately precisely and redraw it under the microscope on the pistol itself.
So based on John’s scanned smokeprints?, I try to make a proper design I can use to engrave this old browning 1910 cal.7.65 with my interpretation of the original “renaissance†design.
arno
The FN Browning 1910 I have from my father who got it from his father
Something like this I would like to work out my way.
I tried to scan it, but not sharp enough on all borders
This is what I try to realise
This is what I have but I don't know if the curved lines are precisely enough.
Making a photo of the object does not work, because of the perspective the lens registers.
For flat objects, the scanner works to trace the contours after that, not for a pistol.
I have a copy of John B. that I thought would be the right shape, but it is not.
Searching in the older treads, I could not find the answer how to do it precisely.
I have scanned the pistol, and sure it than is the right size without perspective. But as the pistol has a thickness, not all of it is sharp, so that image don’t work to trace the contours.
Some parts that are only curved to one side, I can measure them and design them as a flat surface. Curved in two directions and having curved borders, I don’t know how to design a flat version of it.
The only way I can think of for the most complicated surfaces, is to put a thin piece of paper around it, and burnish it with my fingernails, then trace it with a pencil.
But even sphere shape probably won’t be precisely enough.
So the only way I can think of to do it precisely, is to draw directly on the object.
My question: is there a way to transfer the shapes of this pistol precisely so I can make a design ready to be transferred ? Or must I first make the contours of the shape approximately precisely and redraw it under the microscope on the pistol itself.
So based on John’s scanned smokeprints?, I try to make a proper design I can use to engrave this old browning 1910 cal.7.65 with my interpretation of the original “renaissance†design.
arno
The FN Browning 1910 I have from my father who got it from his father
Something like this I would like to work out my way.
I tried to scan it, but not sharp enough on all borders
This is what I try to realise
This is what I have but I don't know if the curved lines are precisely enough.
