3d CAD scanning price

[Lurch]

Anyone know what it cost to have items scanned? They are small gun parts that can't be bought.

[Justin]

Depending on what it is, you're looking at several hundred to several thousand dollars worth of cost.

There's the initial scanning work that needs to be done, and then the data needs to be prepped, cleaned up, and exported as a usable CAD file.

IIRC, there's an outfit in or near Denver that does this sort of work.

[MarkCO]

A lot. It is going to be cheaper to measure and draw by hand.

[mb504]

Might be cheaper to find a machine shop or a gunsmith that can make a new one.

[DireWolf]

There's a few cheap/free CAD packages you can download, and could consider manually modeling out the parts in question (assuming you can't find blueprints online).

[DFBrews]

You can diy a scanner that can be translated to g code Using an iPhone for pictures I built one for 3D printing was never super accurate but did well enough for my needs. I don’t have it anymore though

[Lurch]

Thanks for the responses, I kind of figured it was going to be spendy.

[mb504]

Are you just looking for one replacement part? Or scanning the one you have and then 3D printing a bunch?

[Lurch]

Are you just looking for one replacement part? Or scanning the one you have and then 3D printing a bunch?

I have a few parts that as of now would be a one off. They also need to be made of steel.

[BladesNBarrels]

Sounds more like a computer operated plasma cutting table like the ones made in Colorado City
http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

Maybe someone here has the machine or capability