Ideas for reproducing a hand carved object

[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…