Comment by gwbas1c
1 day ago
I'm trying to learn 3D scanning and printing: I have a few small projects that I want to do to develop the skill:
I want to 3D print a shell that goes over my car fob: I keep leaning on it and setting off the alarm. The shell would make sure the buttons never get pushed.
I want to 3D print a sleeve that keeps the NCAS dongle in my car charger. I really wish there was a dongle that stayed attached with screws or similar.
This sounds interesting and practical. Where can we follow your project?
My website is in my profile. I'll try to remember to write a blog entry in a few months. (Fair warning, I redo my website every 5-10 years to keep up to date with web technologies.)
FWIW: I was playing with an inexpensive (for me) Revo Inspire over the weekend. It feels somewhere between learning an instrument and taking a daguerreotype. There's a lot of room for improvement in the equipment for someone like me who just wants to casually scan something so I can make an attachment part. (I kind of wish there was a box that I could clamp something in, and then have it be about as easy as a flatbed scanner.)
I ended up covering my key fob with blue painter's tape, which kinda-sorta got it to scan. (I tried dry shampoo and drawing on it with marker, but I could never get a big enough area to scan.) When I imported the scanned fob into Tinkercad, it really distorted.
I ended up ordering a set of digital calipers and I'm going to try skipping the 3D scan part and go directly to CAD.