Homemade 3D Scanner Turntable

Learn how I built a motor-controlled turntable for 3D scanning small objects!
LINKS
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* 12-inch Lazy Susan - amzn.to/2ktdSCI
* Stepper motors and driver boards - amzn.to/2k7UgmV
* Autodesk Remake - remake.autodesk.com
* Laser cutting service - ponoko.com
* Instructable by shapespeare - www.instructables.com/id/Build...
MY WEBSITE
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Visit my website for additional resources to build your own motorized turntable, like the circuit diagram, Arduino sketch, and more:
* www.urbanexile.net/2017/02/hom...
Urban Exile home - www.urbanexile.net
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Music: "Vanishing Horizon" by audionautix.com

[@eurasia2941]

Very interesting video.
I like guys like you. I am now 74 but I had projects (and I have still) like yours when I was young at the beginning of the microinformatics (I built my first computer with a 90 kHz Intel 8008).
To drive a stepper motor, in this time, even if that was possible with an Intel 8751 (Arduino’s ancestor), I used TTL circuits: a 7493 four bit counter and 7486 XOR to generate the Gray code. That was very reliable but less adaptable.

[@MLFranklin]

Pretty cool.

[@furrane]

You can easily adapt your arduino script to fit your needs, it's probably just an extra loop and delay lines of code, nothing really hard.
As far as the ir communication to your camera, this is easy enough to do (yet will need a little more time compared to the previous point) you just need an ir led ( and an ir reciever if you don't have access to the camera remote sheet ).
If you need any help code wise feel free to ask.
Great content so far, please keep up the good work, I got a feeling you're gonna grow quickly =)

[@UrbanExile]

Thanks for the kind words! I agree, the changes wouldn't be too hard to make, but I reached a point where I was happy with how it was working and ready to move on to the next project. I'll revisit it at some point, maybe when I get around to moving the circuit off the breadboard and onto a prototype board.

[@arii8622]

May i know how heavy is this model? And the height of these ?

[@randallsemrau7845]

Instead of the turntable drive gearing, just get a few o-rings which are small enough to fit tightly on the motor shaft, slip them on, and let that run against the outer rim of the turntable platter. You can easily observe how many turn equals a single platter rotation, and figure that into your stepping calculation.

[@UrbanExile]

That's a good idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@casasXcordero]

Good job! I would like to see the sketch but the link is broken. Do you have a plans to up the sketch?

[@UrbanExile]

Oops, sorry about that! I had the wrong permissions on that file -- you should be able to download it now. Thanks for watching!

[@batbaatarnrwoo834]

great job. pls I need your Arduino scheme. I cant do it

[@UrbanExile]

Thanks! The Arduino sketch and the circuit diagram are available from the link in the description (under "My Website").

[@user-ey9gz8hu4o]

This good and nice

[@UrbanExile]

Thanks!

[@TryptychUK]

Nice bit of work, but turntables only offer a 180 degree view and often you need to see underneath the object.
Better to mount the object on a rotating pole, or better still, rotate the camera.

[@No_Plastic]

Dude why are you talking like you're on TV reporting a news! Behave and act naturally. SO cringey!!!