sbranco
Well-known member
With all the 3D printer rage going on, is there such a thing as a 3D scanner?
They would seem to make a great pair.
Scan your broken part in 3D at home. Put the part together or repair the crack digitally.
Then order your 3D part online to be sent to you.
Or maybe have your own 3D printer next to your 3D scanner and make your own parts.
Having both would be pretty close to the Star Trek replicator.
Put the part in the scanner and watch it be scanned and at the same time reproduced in the printer next to it.
If nobody has built one of these, someone should.
They would seem to make a great pair.
Scan your broken part in 3D at home. Put the part together or repair the crack digitally.
Then order your 3D part online to be sent to you.
Or maybe have your own 3D printer next to your 3D scanner and make your own parts.
Having both would be pretty close to the Star Trek replicator.
Put the part in the scanner and watch it be scanned and at the same time reproduced in the printer next to it.
If nobody has built one of these, someone should.