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[Louis Luu]

Jim Roadt sent this interesting messy scan.  I'll attempt to fix it.  Thanks, I needed a break anyway from that magic unicorn project.

[Paul Michael]

Not messy, that's AEGsteoPorosis!

Edited June 17, 2023 by Paul Michael

[Jim Roadt]

43 minutes ago, Louis Luu said:

Jim Roadt sent this interesting messy scan.  I'll attempt to fix it.  Thanks, I needed a break anyway from that magic unicorn project.

Goes with this " messy " AEG

[Louis Luu]

2 minutes ago, Jim Roadt said:

Goes with this " messy " AEG

Does not appear anything else is missing.  Fixing your part now.

[Louis Luu]

I've patched it and shrunk the drill hole so you can open it up.  Will need to smooth and even it out.

 

Edited June 17, 2023 by Louis Luu

[Louis Luu]

[Louis Luu]

I'll double check the measurements later.

[Louis Luu]

All done.

[Steve Cunningham]

I only know of one other. It’s a 10’” model.

[Chris Jacobsen]

Nice, how did you guys patch that up?  I have a scanner but it is pretty hard to patch up missing pixels and the texture.  Also not sure how to scan two sides at one, using image stitching?

[Louis Luu]

1 hour ago, Chris Jacobsen said:

Nice, how did you guys patch that up?  I have a scanner but it is pretty hard to patch up missing pixels and the texture.  Also not sure how to scan two sides at one, using image stitching?

The scan was provided to me as is.  All I did was bridge the gap and fill in the missing pieces/patch/join.  From there, I converted into a solid and digitally sculpt it.  I wish I own a scanner but don't know how to use it.  Most of my work is done by drawing from scratch.  I've gotten fairly good at it.  Sometimes, it is painful, so I just take a break.  Other times, I see it as a challenge/riddle/puzzle and my head just starts figuring out how to before doing it.  Most of it is really just trial and error.  The more trial and error...the better you eventually get. 

Chris, what scanner are you using and is it affordable.

[Chris Jacobsen]

Hi Lewis, we have 3D scanners in our lab.  I have used a Cognex DSMax for a number of scans but we also have 2 camera 3D capturing which I have not used much.  There is also the DS1100 and DS1300 red laser and the DS820 which is higher resolution and blue laser for smaller details.  I would think the 1100 or 1300 is good enough and would smooth out defects.  The sensors themselves are obtainable vie Ebay, not sure the price these days but lots of indistries use them.  The trick is the software to run it is VisionPro which is not very cheap (needs a license key) but I use a framegrabber board thst has the license built in.  The data is saved in pointcloud format.  I have never really tried to manipulate the pointcloud but I am sure it is possible.  I was just curious what software you are using, maybe I can experiment a bit.

[Louis Luu]

6 minutes ago, Chris Jacobsen said:

Hi Lewis, we have 3D scanners in our lab.  I have used a Cognex DSMax for a number of scans but we also have 2 camera 3D capturing which I have not used much.  There is also the DS1100 and DS1300 red laser and the DS820 which is higher resolution and blue laser for smaller details.  I would think the 1100 or 1300 is good enough and would smooth out defects.  The sensors themselves are obtainable vie Ebay, not sure the price these days but lots of indistries use them.  The trick is the software to run it is VisionPro which is not very cheap (needs a license key) but I use a framegrabber board thst has the license built in.  The data is saved in pointcloud format.  I have never really tried to manipulate the pointcloud but I am sure it is possible.  I was just curious what software you are using, maybe I can experiment a bit.

I use fusion....free for education.

[Chris Jacobsen]

Cool, thanks I started playing with that a month or two ago for a 3D printer.  Will see if it can import our pointcloud into it.  If so that would be real fun.

[Louis Luu]

Here you go Jim....freshly printed/casted in brass.

[Jim Roadt]

looks great 

Thanks

[Paul Pierson]

Great fan.  I had two of them back in day.  One was the early green one like yours and the other was a black on which was a bit later.  Both of mine were 10” and I know of several other 10” among collectors.

I’ve never heard of a 12” before.

Ps: there’s a video on YouTube of my earlier green one.

[Jim Kovar]

10 minutes ago, Paul Pierson said:

...there’s a video on YouTube of my earlier green one.

Thanks, Paul.

I dig all your fan vids!

[Jim Roadt]

 

On 7/9/2023 at 10:21 AM, Paul Pierson said:

Great fan.  I had two of them back in day.  One was the early green one like yours and the other was a black on which was a bit later.  Both of mine were 10” and I know of several other 10” among collectors.

I’ve never heard of a 12” before.

Ps: there’s a video on YouTube of my earlier green one.

Unless the blade is wrong  11.5" exact same size as my AEG gb2. Similar motor tag and an unusual base tag.  Guess I'm not sure what it is

[Jim Roadt]

Cleaned up well enough to leave original green color and patina

[Jim Roadt]

Thanks to Louis Luu the connecting arm appears like it fits perfectly ( just need to drill out a little)

[Paul Pierson]

There you have it!!  It’s the first I’ve seen.

congrats!!  10” fans are far more common than 12” in Europe in my experience, 16” are almost unheard of .