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Yoc:
That was my suggestion but Narf's is even more simple.
:)

robbbyg:

--- Quote from: narfstar on December 18, 2011, 05:36:02 PM ---What about inking the plates and pressing them on a piece of paper like they were made for ?

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tried that, doesnt work, apparently the pressure needed for a good print is extreme, i only get messy fingers and a very vague picture out of it,

Camera will be the best ive got a half decent kodak that ive photod with b4, scanning the plates difficult, they are completely flat sharp edges scratch glass too easily, i broke first scanner just by letting go of the plate while i was putting it into position,

re; other query, i have posted pics of plates in other post

Cheers Rob

John C:
Going in a different direction, if you don't care what they look like (though I do) but want to retain and preserve the structure, I've heard good things about what they call "milk-scanning."  I don't know where you'd get a liquid that's not damaging to the plate and a good contrasting color, but the idea is that you put the object in a tub and take repeated pictures from a camera above, with software looking for the border between the liquid and the object.  You get a stack of outlines that then get turned into a 3D model.

Here's the original approach:

http://milkscanner.moviesandbox.net/

(If you instead want to spend a few million bucks to do the same thing, they scan important archaeological finds with a laser, doing pretty much the same thing.  There's a guy with a recent TED talk who is currently sent by the UN to do major sites in any kind of danger of loss.)

It'd have to be tweaked to be able to manage one surface, but could be very interesting in terms of a DIYer taking the model and producing his own plate with a CNC router or 3D printer.

Of course, it might also be too much work and not interesting enough to work through the details, too, especially when the majority of us probably would just rather look at the plate.

JVJ (RIP):
Thinking outside of the box, Rob,
Most scanners will probably work upside down, so why not put the scanner on the plate, rather than the plate on the scanner?

Might work and would be better quality than you're going to get with a Kodak. You would need a digital camera with LOTS of MegaPixels to get the resolution and quality needed.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

Yoc:
Wow, some great ideas being mentioned here.  Nice work guys!

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