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

[Jake]

i need to know the exact dimensions of what you need.

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018, jacques revera wrote:

> I just requested the DXF. I asked for the SVG also. I will email as soon as
> I see the file. I will confirm Tuesday 7p if it comes in before then.
>
> Jake if you could bring in or drop off that circuited FR4 which sounds like
> it should work, tuesday may be possible.
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 11:46 AM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>
>> i can swing by tomorrow 7pm to run machine if you'll have materials
>>
>> On 2018-01-22 11:08, jacques revera wrote:
>>
>> Thanks hol.
>>
>> Does the SUDO have a machine to cut FR4 from a file? To do that, should I
>> ask for a DXF or SVG file or something else? This is outside of my ken. Can
>> someone else decide that and email me so I can ask for the file - and cut
>> this little piece this week? I can help.
>>
>> Lighting assembly parts and cameras supposed to arrive today.
>>
>> jacques
>>
>> hol at gaskill.com wrote:
>>
>>> i know printing a dxf as an .xps document works if you have CAD
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:27 AM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>>
>>> i know printing a dxf as an .xps document works if you have CAD
>>>
>>> On 2018-01-20 08:17, jacques revera wrote:
>>>
>>> Which format?
>>>
>>> "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?"
>>>
>>> I don't know anything about the machinery available at SUDO room or these
>>> kind of file formats.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 2:30 PM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> good for solar panels 2
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 2:28 PM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i think they're on to something w/the double linear fresnel lenses
>>>>> <http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2091/htm>
>>>>> looks like it can hit 2 dimensions uniformly
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:44 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just looked at the instructions - are we overthinking how to
>>>>>> illuminate a piece of paper?  Could easily use an aluminum channel with
>>>>>> white LED strip to do same task.  Happy to bring these materials next tues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2018-01-18 22:37, jacques revera wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> probably less than a square foot or half of that. depends on how we
>>>>>> remake the piece holding the light to raise it higher
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:23 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
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