[ajmoir]

I'm investigating building a large scale scanner, 2-100'

I've recently picked up a laser tape measure, nice piece of kit, 1/4" accuracy at 100'

I'm thinking of a stepper driven gimbal with the guts of the measure on it hooked up to a simple micro processor.

Does anybody have a source for a cheap gimbal?

[ajmoir]

I'm probably going with these platforms

The reason is price is right and interface options. A cheap micro controller will be enough.

Does anybody have a better transport option?

Now I just have to work out the laser part