A friend and I have an idea we want to begin working on to take something small, rescale, and print it.
When talking with a friend pretty big into printing already, he suggested for scanning in the parts that we use a carousel that can have it’s speed controlled by the scanning app.
I didn’t have much luck in my initial searching so I thought I’d reach out to the community for suggestions of equipment/apps we can use to get the best possible scans.
Tia!
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
This is likely what you’re looking for. You can buy complete kits on Amazon, or source your parts directly. There are several remixes on thingiverse if you need customizations.
I’m planning on using the design as a base, but using nema 23s instead of 17s to increase the max object size/weight
tophneal@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That looks very much like what we hoped to find!
Are the Pi and camera necessary for optimal scans, or are there other ways we can control the jigs(?) Movement?
They certainly make sense for making it a one piece solution, but if we can use the iPad as the camera wed like to utilize what existing equipment we can.
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
My plan is to have it just run off of an esp32 and run a 2.5mm cable to my dslr to control the shutter. I’m sure that someone sells a shutter button for the iPad that you can rig up to something to trigger it. There might even be a way to use Bluetooth for it.
You don’t even need to use a pi. Pretty much any SBC should be able to run it, but an esp32 should be sufficient for a simple scanner, especially if you’re not uploading the pictures from the scanner