I sent you a blog piece on a pointing machine that I made and use. But you might be interested in this too--it's two parts. The second has more sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/08/20/a-sculpture-enlarging-machine/ pictures.sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/19/a-sculpture-enlarging-machine-part-2/
sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/25/the-figure-10-pointing-and-carving/ The pointing machine is more robust than you need for small work, but you can use rods of any length to scale it up. The reason it's so overbuilt is that I thought maybe if it were strong enough, I could drill right through the holes, but that wasn't practical. The blocks were 1.25" cold--rolled steel, but you could go smaller, and CR isn't necessary--ordinary hot-rolled mild steel would be fine. The CR is nice for the rods though. The bolts are just ordinary 3/8 coarse thread bolts from the big box store. The only power tool you absolutely need is a drill press and a vice. Don't drill without one, because with holes that big it will easily snatch the steel and throw it! A cutoff saw is nice, but I actually sawed it all with a hacksaw. I've used it for years and it works great.
thanks for this video! Does anyone have plans or know where to find any to build my own pointer tool? These are ridiculously expensive!
sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/25/the-figure-10-pointing-and-carving/ Oddly enough...
I sent you a blog piece on a pointing machine that I made and use.
But you might be interested in this too--it's two parts. The second has more sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/08/20/a-sculpture-enlarging-machine/ pictures.sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/19/a-sculpture-enlarging-machine-part-2/
sculpturetech.art.blog/2020/09/25/the-figure-10-pointing-and-carving/ The pointing machine is more robust than you need for small work, but you can use rods of any length to scale it up. The reason it's so overbuilt is that I thought maybe if it were strong enough, I could drill right through the holes, but that wasn't practical. The blocks were 1.25" cold--rolled steel, but you could go smaller, and CR isn't necessary--ordinary hot-rolled mild steel would be fine. The CR is nice for the rods though. The bolts are just ordinary 3/8 coarse thread bolts from the big box store. The only power tool you absolutely need is a drill press and a vice. Don't drill without one, because with holes that big it will easily snatch the steel and throw it! A cutoff saw is nice, but I actually sawed it all with a hacksaw. I've used it for years and it works great.