If I do end up moving, I’ll probably sell the Ender 3. Sure, mine has enough mods to print reliably every time but it’s not that good of a printer to begin with. The reasonable but expensive thing to do is to sell the Ender and wait for the Prusa Core to come out…
France or another country? France is not on my radar because of the high taxes although I should be able to move to the EU eventually… European bureaucracy is something else, I never thought that a government could be so slow… But the paperwork will get there eventually.
And you’re here saying that the Caribbean is even slower… Grrrrr…
This is using a DIY spinning laser pointer on a Wiral cable cam in a tunnel.
But I want a bit more freedom in how I move the laser, something like a 3 axis gimbal.
This but a lot less crappy and a lot more reliable:
Speed is not an issue but I need it to be controllable manually and programmatically, ideally using my phone and quite precise when drawing a pattern.
Now I know most fancy camera stabilizers are controllable but they are expensive and I’m not sure what other options I have…
I don’t know how to Google search “3 axis controllable arm where I can strap laser” properly. I only find camera stabilizers and laser levels…
Any ideas? I’m open to 3D printable open source projects as long as it’s an easy build.
have you considered your current setup, but instead using a bosch laser level? it has 2 lasers vertical and horizontal on a level plane, using your setup you can invert it 45 and should be able to cover all 3 axis?
You mean the two servos? It’s very limited angle-wise and very wobbly. These cheap servos suck.
I’m looking for something more sturdy and professional that could draw large patterns at almost 360°
I do have a level (draws a line) that I intend to play with but for this application I need a point.
I was looking for a more off the shelf option. Some forgotten Kickstarter gadget…
But yeah if I can’t find anything I might go this route.
I just don’t really like the idea of spending weeks building it and coding it only to find that it’s not as good as I thought
But yeah mirrors are the way to go. In fact I want to play around with the mirror on a speaker setup too
Maybe a cheap PTZ security camera? Just buy the crappiest/cheapest one you can find, since you don’t care about picture quality anyways, rip out the camera and strap in a laser pointer. Most will let you control manually through a web interface or app, some will even have programmable “patrols” for repeatability.
