Ben Eadie Hits Revision3 with $30 3D Laser Scanner, Plugs SolidWorks

by Josh on October 14, 2008 · Comments

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Ben Eadie builds a 3D scanner for $30 What do you get when you mix a Canadian, a laser, a web camera and a penguin sitting in a corner? The perfect ingredients for a show on how to build a laser scanner for $30.

Patrick Norton of Revision3 SYSTM TV take on Ben Eadie of SolidMentor to show you step-by-step how to build and use it to scan anything from a coin to a boat hull. Yeah, he reveals it all and even get in a plug for SolidWorks. Check out the video after the break.

The stuff you need
Here are the items you’ll see Ben and Patrick using in the video below.

The free basic version of David-laserscanner
A laser (green is highest quality, most accurate)
A web camera
A 90 degree corner
Black dots
MeshLab (optional for stitching scans together)

Oh, and you’ll love this. There’s several resources out there about how to turn a red laser into a green laser.

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Tagged as: 3d laser scanner, how-to, revision3

Charles Culp

Nice choice for the screen capture!

Josh M

I think it captures the moment (and ben's personality) just right, don't you? :)

Bradley Grzesiak

I can't watch the video at work, but dang.... in terms of convincing the higher-ups, it sure beats the $2.5k scanners out there. The only decision now is "On which night do I construct one at the office?"