You're probably in some other farther off part of Canada than I am, but I'm now a new subscriber, and poking around what other projects you published up. That said, stumbled upon your knitting machine videos first, with my mom being an avid knitter. You're very persistent to push through with the non-nVidia photogrammetry solution to get your model. I've danced around not owning a modern nVidia card and it's difficult to find a workflow that lets anyone make things in a useful way. It's frustrating. And also, uplifting to see that you persisted and found a workflow that gets results. In the last two years, I've bought up a 3d scanner, and this summer, a 3d printer. This is after about a decade of sitting on my hands not jumping into either purchase to avoid spending all my time tinkering and tweaking the tools, instead of using them to get to using what I want to make. While a dedicated scanner CAN speed up things, there's no free lunch! It's exactly like your learning curve with Blender - takes time to become proficient with the tools. Ditto for the 3D printer! That said, a scan of the other lasts might help build your digital "inventory" up a bit faster. I'd offer to scan them using my amateur level of scanning "skill", if you can't find someone willing to help you that's closer by.
You're probably in some other farther off part of Canada than I am, but I'm now a new subscriber, and poking around what other projects you published up. That said, stumbled upon your knitting machine videos first, with my mom being an avid knitter.
You're very persistent to push through with the non-nVidia photogrammetry solution to get your model. I've danced around not owning a modern nVidia card and it's difficult to find a workflow that lets anyone make things in a useful way. It's frustrating. And also, uplifting to see that you persisted and found a workflow that gets results.
In the last two years, I've bought up a 3d scanner, and this summer, a 3d printer. This is after about a decade of sitting on my hands not jumping into either purchase to avoid spending all my time tinkering and tweaking the tools, instead of using them to get to using what I want to make.
While a dedicated scanner CAN speed up things, there's no free lunch! It's exactly like your learning curve with Blender - takes time to become proficient with the tools. Ditto for the 3D printer!
That said, a scan of the other lasts might help build your digital "inventory" up a bit faster. I'd offer to scan them using my amateur level of scanning "skill", if you can't find someone willing to help you that's closer by.