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

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.