Originally Posted by Cliff_J
I'd love to think that someone has worked out a DIY system for putting affordable 2000 count encoders on a homemade arm with rollerbearing pivots and software to translate the kinematics. But I'm not about to hold my breath..... 
Cliff
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I have never tried one, but after loking at a DIY structured light scanner, I was thinking last night that it would be possible....with great care in the design, parts, and machining. Commercial systems are not in my budget! I want to be able to digitize 1:18th scale die-cast models and import the points into AutoCAD for editing. The electronics would be fairly simple (counting clicks) and the software can easily be done in Visual Basic. I am looking very hard at this avenue. Who knows, it might just work!