So, I’ve had a MetroX from pretty early on, and I really like it.
However, as is traditional, I’ve struggled with the whole tripod/pistol grip mounting thing, and I’ve tried various 3D printed versions, along with having machined a few things as well for it.
I ended up deciding I was going to epoxy a tapped aluminium plate on to the body of the scanner, so started stripping back some of the rubber trim on the underside.
Imagine my shock, dismay and frustrated sense of chagrin when I discovered that just underneath the rubber trim, there’s already an apparently undocumented 1/4-20 thread, just sitting there. Mocking us all.
The early ones had the threaded hole. I believe it was removed on the later versions. For anyone else looking, you should be able to press in on the rubber and feel if its there or not before peeling back.
Ah, see it’s worth noting that there was a small rubber bung moulded in to the external cladding, so it may be a little hard to discern. Either way, good to know that it’s not necessarily a universal thing. Shame really, because it makes long scanning tasks so much less uncomfortable.
Everyone knows it was there as you can feel it with your fingers , however it was covered because it got too hot for touch and scanning with laser mode requires it to hold for excessive time .
Since the final prototype was already finished and produced, the additional rubber covered it for user safety.
Some just pinched it and reused normally , so not really big secret at all if you follow MetroX from the begining of KS
Not really as a laser scanning don’t requires tripod and should be not stationery , and Revopoint provided a different solution to that , so not shame at all . You still was able to use the tripod for scanning using Auto mode or Full Field using tripod .
