SplineScan

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Description

A 'Splinescanner' is a machine that 'Splinescans', that is, makes a laser-scan and 3D model of a real object, like a baby's shoe or a six-foot tall sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

'Splinescanning' is the RepRap generic term for laser-scanning.

Background

Functionality

Sub-millimeter scans of objects 2m tall.

Instructions on how to make one

Ideally, the Object Library hosts this information.

Ideally, it is easy to build using the RBS.

Entrepreneurship

Andrew Lewis has a cottage industry making and selling kits, if you want to buy one from him.