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DIY 3D Printer and Scanner

Tue, 15 Sep 2015

DIY 3D Printer and Scanner

I've just finished two "making" projects.

The first was the assembly of a RigidBot 3D printer kit from Invent-a-part. This was a Kickstarter that I supported around two years ago and has only just come through! The main attraction of the printer was its size - it's 25cm in the X, Y and Z axis - and the fact that you get to built it yourself so you get to really understand how it works. Despite the delay, I'm really pleased with it and it has been doing some excellent prints.

The second project was an Atlas3D Laser Scanner. This was also from Kickstarter and was a kit of electronics to which you added the 3D printed parts in order to construct the scanner. I haven't fully calibrated it yet, but the scanner itself looks great and when set-up it should be able to scan objects at fraction of a millimetre accuracy.

Both of these project are intended to enable me to create a new set of "Connected Digital Artworks" that I hope to be able to exhibit next year. Stay tuned for details.

Author: Sean Clark