This turntable can automatically digitize objects for use in 3D rendering software like Blender3D ... He used the stepper motor from a scanner, as well as the belt and tension hardware from ...

3D scanners aren’t cheap ... scanners until some communal brainstorming uncovered the reason: the motorized turntable that came with the Kickstarter edition of the product was spinning too ...

The USB-powered turntable is pretty rudimentary, but it benefits from an additional top plate that can be clipped on top.