3D Pantograph in action

Very Cool!

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Very nice. Mind sharing where you found the pattern to make this?

-- Hawaiilad Larry

Hawaiilad,

Here is the link to the 3D pantograph plan

-- Lee~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green

That is some nice pantographing. Mathias surely enriched woodworking with his creations.

Great job, this is really neat!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Very slick. Thnx for the link & plan

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Sweet!!!!!!
I’d like to try that. I need a Lumberjocks sign for my display at shows!!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Jim,

The pantograph itself is a rather simple build, it’s making the letters that’s time consuming. Although, the I way I did it is way more complicated than Matthais Wandel’s method. My suggestion is to check out his instructional videos and photos of this build at woodgears.ca

This would be a sweet tool to have if you were going to do a lot of repetitive work. For instance, if you were going to make several dozen Lumberjocks signs or any other design that you needed to make in quantity. Making the one off stuff is debatable because you have to first make a pattern. But, if you have the time and just like to experiment, like I do, it is a fun tool to have :).

-- Lee~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green

Fantastic! Great job luv2learn. The letters look nice!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

Thanks woodshaver, it was more of an experiment to see what would work and where I could improve. Now I can start tweeking the design here and there :).

-- Lee~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green

hey that is a really cool jig you made, its got some great possibilities and it looks like you made the best sign first…yea…lumber jocks….....right on…....grizz

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Nice job! Matthias’ machines are great, aren’t they? That’s a lot of work putting all those character templates together.

Looks like you need to work on your alignment and kerning a bit – for example, characters with curved bottoms like your “b” or with pointed serifs like your “u” are usually allowed to hang below the baseline slightly. The median line is treated similarly. You might need to either shift some characters down or shorten them slightly. As for kerning it looks like you are able to manually kern your letters (like how the r and j overlap top and bottom) which should allow you to get nice spacing with various character combinations.

Have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_font for some ideas on how to handle these issues. Essentially you’re re-inventing movable type – best to take advantage of the hundred’s of years of prior art :)

Not trying to be a downer, just wanted to give you some ideas on how to perfect your signs :)

Very Cool man, looks like fun to use! Your like kid your laboratory with all these cool machines your making.

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

Nice, Like the LJ sign.