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Where do I find the plans for this, and the software? I'd love to try to build one. His webpage says the "MakerScanner" is an open source project but it doesn

Where do I find the plans for this, and the software? I'd love to try to build one. His webpage says the "MakerScanner" is an open source project but it doesn't provide any plans or code. Grr that really grinds my gears when something is called open source but it isn't. I can't even find any contact info online to ask him.

steveklabnik 16y ago
It has a box to put in your email to be contacted when the first version is released.
- tocomment 16y ago
  So he's not going to release the source until the first version is done? The benefit of open source is that others can help with the coding and getting to the first release. I guess I'll try the email thing.
  - steveklabnik 16y ago
    Some projects (see zedshaw's Mongrel 2, for example, or Diaspora) prefer to have an architecture put in place by an exclusive group, and then use open source to iterate. Sometimes, too many cooks spoil the broth.
    - shpxnvz 16y ago
      That's fine, of course, but then it's not open source until you release the source. I agree with the OP that it's misleading if labeled otherwise.
biturd 16y ago
I have been following Make Magazine since issue #1, though I believe the site has been around longer than that. You can get the full plans for the 3D MakerBot here: http://wiki.makerbot.com/open-source-ftw http://wiki.makerbot.com/open-source-ftw As far as I know, near everything I have ever seen in Make Magazine, MakeTV, and Make www, is OSS, or based on it. There are weekend projects that amount to broom handles and fishing line, which are more a matter of just putting together what you see in a video; nonetheless, Make usually offers plans for those as well. MakerScanner, that does look like it is in the works to go OSS, and he is putting the finishing touches on getting it all released. In the meantime, I believe you could use http://www.david-laserscanner.com/ http://www.david-laserscanner.com/ which may be even more mature, if not the base for which MakerScanner was made upon. I did look and try to find and email address for Andy Barry, or his blog or twitter account, and came up short. Sorry about that. Though making the MakerBot prototyping machine should keep you busy for a few weekend. Maybe once you make one, you could have it make several more for you :)

steveklabnik 16y ago

It has a box to put in your email to be contacted when the first version is released.

tocomment 16y ago
So he's not going to release the source until the first version is done? The benefit of open source is that others can help with the coding and getting to the first release. I guess I'll try the email thing.
- steveklabnik 16y ago
  Some projects (see zedshaw's Mongrel 2, for example, or Diaspora) prefer to have an architecture put in place by an exclusive group, and then use open source to iterate. Sometimes, too many cooks spoil the broth.
  - shpxnvz 16y ago
    That's fine, of course, but then it's not open source until you release the source. I agree with the OP that it's misleading if labeled otherwise.

biturd 16y ago

I have been following Make Magazine since issue #1, though I believe the site has been around longer than that. You can get the full plans for the 3D MakerBot here: http://wiki.makerbot.com/open-source-ftw http://wiki.makerbot.com/open-source-ftw As far as I know, near everything I have ever seen in Make Magazine, MakeTV, and Make www, is OSS, or based on it. There are weekend projects that amount to broom handles and fishing line, which are more a matter of just putting together what you see in a video; nonetheless, Make usually offers plans for those as well. MakerScanner, that does look like it is in the works to go OSS, and he is putting the finishing touches on getting it all released. In the meantime, I believe you could use http://www.david-laserscanner.com/ http://www.david-laserscanner.com/ which may be even more mature, if not the base for which MakerScanner was made upon. I did look and try to find and email address for Andy Barry, or his blog or twitter account, and came up short. Sorry about that. Though making the MakerBot prototyping machine should keep you busy for a few weekend. Maybe once you make one, you could have it make several more for you :)