While this object may appear to be an insignificant little chunk of plastic, it’s actually part of an uber-useful device for vanquishing nasty clogs from drains. Known to millions around the world as the Drain Weasel, this sink snake thrusts the power of modern plumbing wizardry into your very hands.
A metal nut, just over 15 mm, easily scanned with Artec Micro in just two scans. Unlike handheld scanners, Micro was able to scan this piece without the need for any additional features or background.
This object is considered as «large» for trajectory purposes. Although we used only a «simple» type of trajectory, with fewer frames, all of the intricate curvatures were successfully captured.
The cap was made of semi-transparent plastic and required a bit of dusting with an airbrush. Then it was mounted on the scanner’s rotating platform with a clamp. A couple of mouse clicks — and scanning commenced.
Some might say that in the grand scheme of things, when gazing down upon our world from the thermosphere, 50+ miles up, this eastern gray squirrel skull is about as important as a single electron circling the nucleus. But that doesn’t make it any less beautiful up close. So, on that lonely winter’s day when it was discovered upon a Virginia trail, it was decided then and there that it would make a superb 3D model.
