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    Has any one ever tried to make a CNC spray painter.

    The sort of set up where instead of a router there is a nozzle that sprays different colors of paint?

    I can imagine it could be usefull for sign writers. Especially those sign writers who hate vinyl cut lettering. ( Me too )

    I just had an image in my mind of grafitti artists carrying a table to a wall to do a midnight masterpiece.

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    I've been thinking of a paint project that goes something like this:

    1. Spray paint a large area of the board
    2. Let the paint dry.
    3. Coat the paint with a protective coating that can be removed with a light solvent without removing the paint.
    4. Cut out an area through the paint/coating to the bare wood.

    Repeat steps 1-4 as necessary.

    When done, remove all the layers of protected coating down to the finish layer of paint.

    It would take some planning to get it looking good, but it seems like a good project for a cnc router.

    I don't know what kind of coating would work. Maybe something like a vaseline on a water base paint?

    Bill.

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    You know it is no wonder that I cannot focus on a single project, there are just too many good ideas floating around on the CNCzone. I always thought I had ADD



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    http://www.pixation.com/ has 2 really nice looking CNC printers, the BladeJet and the WireJet. However, they're commercially priced, both at over $30,000.

    Now that you know it's definately possible, you can get started making one aimed at hobbyists. I'll bet you could sell plans/kits for these and make a bit of money at it.

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    The BladeJet is really a cool machine - and I've misplaced my link to the HECKTOR. If you've seen it you'll know your project is VERY hobby-able. HECKTOR is an x-y cable system a couple of (german?) students put together. Very much Grafitti potential. I haven't checked in on it for a bit - so it may have been refined/or dead.
    Might try thru the Majosoft site.
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    http://www.hektor.ch/


    Amazing!

    These guys are those graf artists brinign their table to a wall.. Only the wall is the table, and the rails are wires... and...

    and...

    brilliant and wonderfuly executed

    again.

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    Yes the Hecktor is very inventive and looks cheap to make as well.

    I thought I would bring a few of the pics to the forum just in case some didnt push your link.











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    Putting other tools on it could also be usefull. Such a device actually shows a high-level of potential commercialization.. With just a bit of refinement, and a different overall design, the thing could be used as a real marking tool .cost only $30 to manufacture, and allow huge work areas for simple marking.. like hangers, demolition sites, etc....


    Innovation in the name of art projects is awesome.


    Any other ideas on what it could do? A similar mechanism?


    2 Color Would be easy to acomplish..

    Maybe putting 2 more pullys on the floor and making the cables loops would improve overall reliability.. and moving the paint off-printer head and using a lighter more controlable head would also improve the product potential..

    As a grafiti bot, its amazing.

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    looks amazing! must be done to make a multi-color system... as soon as i have finished my own cnc, this might be the next project....



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    Hey Vacpress, I seem to remember you starting a thread re sidewalk graffiti machine including drawings and pics. Didn't you post pics of a nearly complete machine or was that just a to demonstrate a concept?



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    Thumbs up It aint Hektor, but...

    I just found this thread after watching an "Ultimate Factories" show on The National Geographic Channel. Incredible show!

    Regarding the sidewalk spray painters, I found this.

    http://www.appliedautonomy.com/gw.html

    It's pretty cool.

    What about a CNC Router based spray system. Ya know, for small garage type shops?

    There could be a water tank underneath it attached to a pump to circulate the H20 and filter out the oversprayed and unused paint.

    There could be electrical charging involved to attract a metal based paint to the part.

    The body of the router could be built out of plastics to avoid paint buildup from uniform electrical charging and be easily cleaned w/ Simple Green.

    All the linear movement accessories would have to be protected from paint exposure or made from plastics, or anchored to avoid electrical charge, or all three.

    It's a good idea, maybe a bit of overkill though, as saw horses and human arms can usually be substituted.

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    Default Re: CNC Spray painting

    Is this topic still alive?

    I have recently built a rotating paint brush attachment for my CNC router table....




    .....example of the end product!


    Here is a link to a couple of pictures and one video of my sign painter project..

    https://home.mycloud.com/action/shar...a-7e321b8a87a3




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    Default Re: CNC Spray painting

    That was super creative. Nicely done.



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