The Ettl Enlarging Machine

I would love to see a picture of this gadget, but cannot find one online. I assume all such work today is done easily on computers.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 22, 2021
Category: Art | Statues and Monuments | Inventions | 1910s

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Here's one 3D Pantograph. Ettl's version was hardly the first; these use the Egyptian Box method with a set of caliper points.
http://www.keropiansculpture.com/enlarging_machine.html

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 04/22/21 at 10:08 AM

It's not a photo, but there's a drawing of the apparatus on his patent application. Here's a link to the drawing: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1037460

Posted by Fritz on 04/23/21 at 01:29 PM

Excellent sleuthing, Fritz! Thanks!

Posted by Paul on 04/23/21 at 02:24 PM

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