3D Scanner - Android based

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NO, this is not Starship Enterprise even though It looks like. It is my interpretation of a 3d Scanner. With a few additionally parts, an android phone has all the capabilities to help you 3D scanning an item of interest. Just follow the instructions! Highlights about this scanners are: small printing time, only the disk takes little more time No microcontroller and firmware needed, only laser and motor The video of the owl can be found athttps://youtu.be/3iBqB1-8d1Y Another one of "Adolf the duck" ishttp://youtu.be/lmRgxYoPE90 I would really appreciate if you posted some fotos and some scan results! Instructions PartList: All the STL Files above once but 3dscanner_base two times An Android Phone or Tablet A red line laser like http://www.ebay.de/itm/281562839777 A small rotating Motor (only 3RPM) like this http://www.ebay.de/itm/261549739071 . A Microwave motor like http://www.ebay.de/itm/261301609520 is probably also fine. 2 Aluminium square profile rods 10mm square - about 200mm and 300 mm length should be sufficient. 2 Aluminium round rods Diameter 8mm X 100 mm 2 M3x10 screws +_ 2 M3 nuts for inserting into the base A rubberband to mount the android phone Assembly/Setup Print the parts prepare the rods insert the m3 screws and nuts into the base mount the motor into the motor house put everything together connect the laser and the motor electrically. I used a 12V power adapter and an LM7805 to supplpy the laser adjust the laser(1. adjust lens for minimal laser line thickness, 2 adjust laser to be exactly vertical, 3.) adjust laser to point exactly to center of dish) Get Android app "scan3doid" from the Google Playstore (make sure to use at least 1.3, older versions are quite unstable) Mount the Android Device to the phone holder Finish with the instructions in the Android App Some hints for succesful 3D scanning First trial is not always the best. Retry with different settings to improve the result. Care for a good setup. What the laser does not touch, and the camera does not see, will not be translated to the STL File Happy 3D scanning