5-axis CNC 5 Color Airbrush

Starting back on the 5-axis CNC CMYK+W airbrush.

3-axis single color results shown here.
imgur.com/EAF5oPj
imgur.com/RX7b6nj
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Inkjets have a limited reach of only a few mm. The airbrush will be able to reach (with limited resolution) where an inkjet can not.
imgur.com/3pLawzP
If you look closely at the T-slot the inkjet can't reach into the slots.

It works very similar to the multi-axis inkjets
imgur.com/LOriL1y

You can separate each color into its own paths using GIMP then convert each color to gcode.

www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/image-to-gcode.html

why dont you use a Robot to paint in full dimation
with the 5Axis mashine you are limited to the mashine size and part position
the robot workes on walls and fixed parts
www.google.de/search?source=univ&tbm=isc...sh+wall+breakthrough

You might be able to roughly approximate a colour printer with 4 airbrushes and CMYK translucent inks with some kind of calibration for airbrush to dwell time or feedrate to apply varying quantities of ink. In fact if you got continuous inking system inks for inkjet printers you'd nearly be there!

@ rodw The continuous inkjet (CIJ) heads tend to be rather large compared to airbrush. i use them in other applications. The CIJ drop volume doesn't vary. Airbrush is more complex and more versatile for some applications since you can vary the spray area over a very wide range >100:1.

@ bbsr_5a I can. I've been doing so with inkjets for years.

@ Aciera You can vary the spray pattern and volume of an airbrush. Think of it like a conical cutting tool only mounted backwards with the point facing the spindle..