Ideas for reproducing a hand carved object

[AGuyFromOhio (Braden Campbell)]

Someone asked me if it would be possible to reproduce this hand carved item using my CNC. Of course I know it is possible I am just curious if anyone here has done something similar and knows of a good process for creating the 3d model from a picture

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

A couple of options:

• re-draw all the outlines, then model in 3D
• take a series of photographs and use fancy software to re-create the object in 3D
• use a 3D scanning tool to make a 3D model

See:

Duplicating physical items (story of 2020 Christmas break)

In Digitally Map a Surface in 3D [CNC Shark Duplicator] @JVarn was wondering (paraphrased) if a shapeoko could do the equivalent of something called “shark duplicator”, basically do a 3D scan and then a carve out of an object, and I couldn’t resist trying. Below is a short story with pictures on how this went. It all started with one of these: Which will act similar to the bitzero and bitsetter, and if you plan to buy one yourself, make sure you buy a “normally open” one that closes to gr…

[CNCInspiration (Max Berg)]

I would use the photo as a background canvas in Fusion and draw it out and extrude with sketch. Would be a lot of work. I am sure a quality 3D scanner would be much easier and more accurate method to produce a model.

[neilferreri (Neil Ferreri Ω)]

@AGuyFromOhio

creating the 3d model from a picture

What software are you hoping to use?

[RichM (Rich Morris)]

It might be easier to make a mold of it and make it out of epoxy.

Just a thought.

[HeuristicBishop (Tyler Sowers)]

If this is a one off task (In that you will not be converting physical items into 3d models on a consistent basis) then I’d highly recommend commissioning a 3d scan.

DIY photogrammetry and 3d scanners can certainly capture the details but the time investment to learn those sorts of techniques is hefty. It’s very quick to get a mediocre model… it’s significantly more difficult to get a good model.

A friend of mine wanted something similar done. For about 100 USD he got an exceptionally detailed 3d model that we could print/cast/mill to our hearts content. Mesh fixing and making sure it was “water tight” was included in that cost.
Turn around time was less than a week.

Sometimes paying someone else to do the hard/uninteresting bits is the right answer