I’m looking to get a halfway decent general purpose scanner, and the market is all over the place. I don’t need anything with industrial engineering precision, but I would like to be able to scan broken parts around the house to print replacements with at least decent precision.
I expect most of my use cases would be in the 1cm³-1dm³ range, but it would also be fun to be able to scan bigger subjects. Mostly people, so I can make personalized tabletop minis, but I also like the prospect of miniaturizing other things.
Blue laser looks super cool, but also very pricey.
What are the best options in the $500-1000 range? I’m kinda outta my depth here.
I guess iphone (one with lidar, so one of the pro models, but it can be as old as 12) with a 3d scanning app might be the best general purpose in this price range…
Whats also interesting are diy rotating bed scanners like https://fabscan.org/ which come at 200-400$
There are a ton of apps and rotating table diy scanners so you can look around.
Afaik hand guided 3d scanners are way more expensive and start at like 3000$.
EDIT:
some quick googling showed relatively positive sentiment about the rebopoint products. There is one that is exactly 1k https://www.revopoint3d.com/products/3d-laser-scanner-metrox but you’re in for a software license subscribtion after a year of included use…
Yeah that’s why I asked this here instead of just googling reddit. Subscription models are very much not my vibe, I like buying a thing and consequentially owning that thing.
Although I kinda have the ick with Apple, I’ve never used their products and I can’t really imagine starting now.