Rohn Jambo
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Robots can use this technology to mass produce themselves and take over the world!
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Robots can use this technology to mass produce themselves and take over the world!
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
cstu
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NutterButter
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cstu
Footballguy
Otis
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
Makerbot has been making nice cheap machines for a few years now. It used to require a lot of tinkering and assembly, more of a DIY machine, but now they have gone full blown pre-assembled.The build envelope is too small, but it prints out comparable parts to our much, much more expensive Dimension printer.
Fennis
Footballguy
nice, I also wanted to 3-d print my ####
cstu
Footballguy
How much does the material cost for one of these?'the moops said:Makerbot has been making nice cheap machines for a few years now. It used to require a lot of tinkering and assembly, more of a DIY machine, but now they have gone full blown pre-assembled.The build envelope is too small, but it prints out comparable parts to our much, much more expensive Dimension printer.'Otis said:'cstu said:
the moops
Footballguy
cstu
Footballguy
Thought this was awesome, used regular printer paper:
Paper-based 3D printer
http://mcortechnologies.com/3d-printers/iris/
Paper-based 3D printer
http://mcortechnologies.com/3d-printers/iris/
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kutta
Footballguy
That's awesome.
We use a 3D printer at work for prototypes and it has saved us tons of money. Ours is the traditional plastic printer. That paper one is very cool.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
the future:
http://www.assignmentx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/FUTURAMA-Season-6B-Benderama.jpg
cstu
Footballguy
Paper is a huge breakthrough for consumer applications. Cost of the materials was a big negative (~$1.6/cu. in.) but if this is 1/10 the price you can make decent sized models (say 5 cu. in.) for about $4. That price would make it viable for use as an educational tool in schools and they could probably get the paper donated for free.
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PlayaHata
Footballguy
Did a search and bringing this old thread back from the dead. Just got a Monoprice 13860 Maker Select 3d Printer V2 and excited to see what I can make with it. Throw any tips/sites/questions in here.
I'm in the process of setting up a Raspberry Pi 3 to run Octoprint as well.
Other helpful sites include https://www.myminifactory.com/ and http://www.thingiverse.com/
I'm in the process of setting up a Raspberry Pi 3 to run Octoprint as well.
Other helpful sites include https://www.myminifactory.com/ and http://www.thingiverse.com/
PlayaHata
Footballguy
My printer was a joint Christmas gift to me and my 16yo son. We are both big videogamers and play Destiny the most, so our first prints will likely be Destiny-themed items.
Want to keep things simple until I get the hang of things, so may try this one first - https://www.myminifactory.com/object/destiny-hunter-knife-3771
Eventually I want to start printing some of the guns.
Want to keep things simple until I get the hang of things, so may try this one first - https://www.myminifactory.com/object/destiny-hunter-knife-3771
Eventually I want to start printing some of the guns.
PlayaHata
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
If some of you are serious about printing, I suggest checking out 123D Catch to capture real life objects that exist around you. It just uses your phones camera, and does a pretty remarkable job stitching the object together from 20'ish photos. Download Meshmixer (also free, and also an AutoDesk product) to mess around with the meshes that 123D Catch spits out. It will do some autorepair stuff, but the real cool stuff is manual.
If you have any questions, let me know. I spend hours some days doing this stuff (and getting paid)
If you have any questions, let me know. I spend hours some days doing this stuff (and getting paid)
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PlayaHata
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Just posting to say that this 3D printing stuff is pretty damn addicting. It's simply amazing what you can do with a $300 printer!
Plus as @WhatDoIKnow posted earlier, it's mesmerizing to just sit there and watch it do its thing. Before too long I want to install a webcam and capture some time lapse videos.
Plus as @WhatDoIKnow posted earlier, it's mesmerizing to just sit there and watch it do its thing. Before too long I want to install a webcam and capture some time lapse videos.
