Re: [sudo-discuss] DXF or SVG or? for scanner light fixture mount cutting for book scanner

i have plenty of FR4 that does have copper on it, we could still use it for this. how much do we need? On Thu, 18 Jan 2018, Marc Juul wrote: Nice! I'm not sure we have any non-circuitboard FR4. If it's not too > big we > could just order it from e.g. seeedfusion as a circuitboard design > with no > exposed copper pads. > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:54 PM, jacques revera < > jacquesrevera(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > > I just purchased two refurbished 20 megapixel Canon PowerShot ELPH 160 >> and >> the archivist lighting assembly which includes LED bulbs, sockets, >> lenses, >> wiring and power adapter. >> >> Jonathon will send us the design files for the sockets mounting plate >> soon >> as I tell him what format we need to cut it at the SUDO room: DXF or >> SVG or >> something else? >> >> ~ >> >> http://diybookscanner.org/archivist/index6ea9.html?page_id=267 >> This is the page describing the plate. It would be convenient if the >> SUDO >> room has some FR4 but as long as the material is opaque, heat proof >> and can >> be painted black, should be no problem. >> >> This plate will sit at the top center of the scanner. The plate also >> serves to block light from entering from the top direction. Since, we >> need >> to attach something to raise the lights higher than the original >> hackerspace design, we should not cut this out yet. It does not need >> to be >> the same shape as the archivist plate as long as the socket mounting >> holes >> are the same. >> >> Jonathon wrote last week: >> ."..you can move the lights further away from the platen. Because of >> various design constraints, Daniel put the lights closer to the >> platen than >> is ideal on that model. For later models (like Daniel's Archivist >> design), >> the lights were been moved further away to reduce glare and hot >> spots. You >> want to reproduce this in some way. So just build a simple frame you >> can >> set on top of the scanner to lift the lights. There is a mathematical >> way >> to find the minimum distance, but it might be easiest just to do it >> empirically, pulling the lights away and taking sample photos until >> you see >> that there is no reflected light source." >> >> You can see how this the lights are put together on the archivist >> about >> halfway down this page >> http://diybookscanner.org/archivist/index9bef.html?page_id=54 >> >> Jacques >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >>