The Hobbyist
New Member
Today, I jumped in with both feet. 
http://www.faro.com/en-us/products/metrology/measuring-arm-faro-scanarm/overview
I rode up on my Gold Wing (hint: BRRRRR!!!!) to meet with a FARO Technologies representative.
The NextEngine scanner I purchased a couple of months ago works, but it is just too slow for my needs. I will probably sell it to someone who wants an entry level 3D scanner. I added the auto-rotation table to the original unit, so now it is better than it was when I purchased it and it DOES scan just as advertised. I quickly discovered that for what I want to do, the NextEngine scanner will not meet the requirements of size and speed.
Anyway, after meeting with the FARO man, I rode to my bank and took out a personal loan to cover the costs of the FARO ES Probe, 12-foot 7-Axis arm and tripod that I purchased for an amazing price. These are factory refurbished demo units that they sell at the end of every year at intense discounts. They carry the identical warranty as a new unit. I won't post the price I paid here, but suffice it to say, the savings were nothing less than massive!
The company has a few units left, and then in 2016, the prices jump back up to full retail.
The items will arrive shortly, but they will sit unopened while I am in Commiefornia taking care of other business. I can't wait to get home in the second week of January and start using this amazing scanner. Believe it or not, it is going to work with my Samson 510 table!
I bought the ES probe, not the HD probe. So I get 8 points per mm instead of 13 points per mm, and I cannot scan shiny black things.
.
http://www.faro.com/en-us/products/metrology/measuring-arm-faro-scanarm/overview
I rode up on my Gold Wing (hint: BRRRRR!!!!) to meet with a FARO Technologies representative.
The NextEngine scanner I purchased a couple of months ago works, but it is just too slow for my needs. I will probably sell it to someone who wants an entry level 3D scanner. I added the auto-rotation table to the original unit, so now it is better than it was when I purchased it and it DOES scan just as advertised. I quickly discovered that for what I want to do, the NextEngine scanner will not meet the requirements of size and speed.
Anyway, after meeting with the FARO man, I rode to my bank and took out a personal loan to cover the costs of the FARO ES Probe, 12-foot 7-Axis arm and tripod that I purchased for an amazing price. These are factory refurbished demo units that they sell at the end of every year at intense discounts. They carry the identical warranty as a new unit. I won't post the price I paid here, but suffice it to say, the savings were nothing less than massive!
The company has a few units left, and then in 2016, the prices jump back up to full retail.The items will arrive shortly, but they will sit unopened while I am in Commiefornia taking care of other business. I can't wait to get home in the second week of January and start using this amazing scanner. Believe it or not, it is going to work with my Samson 510 table!
I bought the ES probe, not the HD probe. So I get 8 points per mm instead of 13 points per mm, and I cannot scan shiny black things.
.
