Would you spend $1000 for a 3D scanner printer add-on that works reliably?

[curious aardvark]

I do like the idea of using the printer for accurate movement of the scanner. But it'd have to be cheap as the buyer is supplying a lot of the nexessary hardware :-)

[richardphat]

It does sound like an MMT/CMM what you're describing.

Do you mean the scanner being moved by the printer or some sort of probes on the moving head and then touch your print?

[janetfdoss]

Yeah you are right for 1000$ not a single chance to think about it. I can do it by myself with just little bit of effort and hard work. And i believe that anyone with little bit effort would be able to do that without spending a single penny. Thanks

[che]

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[Feign]

On that note, the Atlas 3D Scanner kits have started shipping (I wasn't even close to the front of the line, mine doesn't ship until June.) and the software so far looks phenomenal.

It'll probably be a few weeks before the first reviews start rolling out that can speak to reliability. If it's reliable, then that makes it hard to sell any kind of $1000 scanner, when the Atlas kits cost around $200.

[raysspl]

Is there a way to scale down the cost of $1000?

[robosmith]

That's what makes it as cheap as $1000.

Industrial quality scanners probably start at $20K from what I've heard.

I do like the idea of using the printer for accurate movement of the scanner. But it'd have to be cheap as the buyer is supplying a lot of the nexessary hardware :-)

[robosmith]

Scanner being moved by the printer head.

It does sound like an MMT/CMM what you're describing.

Do you mean the scanner being moved by the printer or some sort of probes on the moving head and then touch your print?

[robosmith]

I spent hours drawing a part with complex curves and several prints before it was good enough.

Yeah you are right for 1000$ not a single chance to think about it. I can do it by myself with just little bit of effort and hard work. And i believe that anyone with little bit effort would be able to do that without spending a single penny. Thanks

[robosmith]

Looks similar to the the Makerbot digitizer (tried that; it is crap). You sure it is accurate for all materials?

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