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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
long and thin and some are bent and creased in complex shapes. This a many time deal. I wouldn't even blink if I put $30K into the project. I hope that doesn't sound like a naively small amount. I have no idea what something like this would actually cost.
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I was thinking if the parts were small (like porsche lettering or smaller), and it was a one time deal, befriending a dentist and using their digital scanners, and then find a machine that could read the files and mill it out. I think the files are stl.
I don't know how these scanners would read longer objects, but I don't really know.
Older equipment can be found cheaper, probably not what you want, but, more just thinking out loud. Good luck.
edit- now youve got me googling the accuracy of the dental scanners- Values ranged from 16.3 [2.8] µm (CO) up to 89.8 [26.1] µm (OC4) for in vitro trueness, and from 10.6 [3.8] µm (CO) up to 58.6 [38.4] µm (iT) for in vitro precision for the complete-arch methods. They seem to handle small stuff really well.
edit two- that might be a good thing to research on the milling end also- what it the ability of different machines to cut to the specific tolerances you need.