I do same process. Tip: burn inside cuts before outside edge. On complicated ones, I just use lightburn to vector trace, drawing a line to the end of each curve and pulling the line center to fit. Super fast.
Yup and yup :) At this point I'm good enough with the pen tool, that I'd do it that way in most cases. I think I just showed it this way for ease of entry sort of example.
Excellent - I have a similar problem - I live in Colombia and sometimes it is difficult to find gaskets - and when they can be found outside of the country it is VERY costly to import due to shipping prices. I am looking into laser cutting right now as an option. God Bless and Thanks
If you don't have the original gasket to scan I'd say take a picture of the surface, take a couple measurements and make a rough drawing on top of the picture. Test cut it with paper to check the fit. Then use some little trial and error until it fits right.
I have a Glowforge, which is a 40w co2 laser. They are very expensive, comparatively, but super easy to use. I can draw the gasket and get it cut in minutes. I got it when they were first starting up as a Kickstater purchase, so it was a lot cheaper than they are now. There are lots of cheap options now, but not sure what's good.
I do same process. Tip: burn inside cuts before outside edge. On complicated ones, I just use lightburn to vector trace, drawing a line to the end of each curve and pulling the line center to fit. Super fast.
Yup and yup :) At this point I'm good enough with the pen tool, that I'd do it that way in most cases. I think I just showed it this way for ease of entry sort of example.
Excellent - I have a similar problem - I live in Colombia and sometimes it is difficult to find gaskets - and when they can be found outside of the country it is VERY costly to import due to shipping prices. I am looking into laser cutting right now as an option.
God Bless and Thanks
Nice problem solving 🙂
Sorry, I want to determine the bolt holes to match the bolts of the object being imitated. How to do it, may I know?
If you don't have the original gasket to scan I'd say take a picture of the surface, take a couple measurements and make a rough drawing on top of the picture. Test cut it with paper to check the fit. Then use some little trial and error until it fits right.
Not to be destructive, but as simple as this one is, it takes a minute max, to cut by hand.
Cutting by hand isn't exact and that's a fact jack
And I challenge you to make one in a minute.
What is your exact laser cutter setup?
I have a Glowforge, which is a 40w co2 laser. They are very expensive, comparatively, but super easy to use. I can draw the gasket and get it cut in minutes. I got it when they were first starting up as a Kickstater purchase, so it was a lot cheaper than they are now. There are lots of cheap options now, but not sure what's good.