129: Is It Time to Get a 3D Scanner?

New technologies have enhanced our ability to create stronger, lighter, and better components since the earliest days of motorsport. Recently, we've been seeing another great leap forward in tech, with the 3D scanner being one of the main drivers behind it. Now that these devices are only getting cheaper and easier to use, is it time you picked one up and started pushing the boundaries of what you can build?

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On this episode of Tuned In, we sit down with Gabrielle Williams of Peel 3D, one of the bigger players in the rapidly evolving 3D scanning space. Straight out of high school, Gabrielle joined the US Navy and found her way into a position as a nuclear operator aboard an aircraft carrier. After her tour finished, she gained a mechanical engineering degree and found herself working for Creaform and its sister company, Peel 3D.

While Creaform is focused on high-end large-form scanners, Peel 3D is aimed at the consumer market — in other words, us. In this conversation, Gabrielle talks through the basics of the technology, covering how different systems work and which one would suit your application best, why the prices vary so wildly between systems, as well as the metrics that matter like frame rate, field of view, and data points.

Gabrielle also breaks down some of the ways we can be most effective in the workshop with a 3D scanner, where the sweet spot is price-wise for the average enthusiast, and what to expect from this technology in the coming years.

You might not have considered 3D scanning before, but now that you don’t need to take out a second mortgage to afford one, is it time to consider adding a 3D scanner to your workshop?

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Time Stamps:
4:20 What’s your background and how did it lead you to working for Peel 3D?
8:00 Overview of Peel 3D and Creaform?
12:47 What training options are there for learning how to 3D scan?
13:52 How do industries use these 3D scanners?
23:13 How does a 3D scanner actually work?
33:45 Technical aspects that affect the performance of a scanner?
42:20 What do we need to know when choosing the right scanner for our needs?
43:50 What sort of PC/computer power do we need to run these scanners?
45:40 How do we get our scan into CAD software?
51:40 Where do you see 3D scanning tech going in the future?
54:02 Final three questions