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by thomas_OpenScan 1944 days ago
Hi, this is Thomas, the guy behind OpenScan. I really would like to clarify several things. - I have never made such a bold claim of 10 micron accuracy for the device. Yes, I made several scans, where the accuracy is quite good, but I would never say, that this can be reached under all circumstances. - To be fair, I have been kinda click-baity in the past on a handful occasions, but everyone who is doing at least 5mins of research will find for instance this one here: https://en.openscan.eu/quality - Comparing this 100-200€ device with an industrial 3d scanner is like comparing a hobbyist 3d printer with a highend injection molding machine...

Anyway, feel free to discuss and ask me anything about it :)

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Really nice work, by the way... I hope my comment didn't seem overly harsh. I know that doing testing with gauge blocks is part of the process and I really only took issue with the hackster.io headline.
Thank you and no worries, I absolutely agree with your valid criticism. Later this year I will get some more CT reference scans to compare my results too. I think that this will give some better insights. By the way, even on the professional market there seems to be no „universal“ benchmarking procedure to compare the various mid-range scanners (1-20k€). So this is a very interesting discussion point