[HH] 3D printing

[Drew Van Zandt]

Artisan's Asylum has both a MakerBot (~$1200 3D printer from a kit) and a
uPrint SE Plus (~$400/month lease).

The Artisan's Asylum teaches classes in 3D printing from time to time that
will get you up and running; in general, though, an .STL file from Google
SketchUp or Solidworks will Just Work on the uPrint.

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Drew Van Zandt
Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics
Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld)
Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D.  Masquerade aVST
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On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Jack Coats <jack at coats.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > We hear a lot about 3D printing these days. Anyone here with hands-on
> > experience? Does AA have a 3D printer?
> >
> >
> > $300 3D Printer
> >
> http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/28/is-the-300-3d-printer-finally-here-makible-thinks-so/
> >
> >  MakiBox is a riff on the open source RepRap 3D printer that fits a
> >  print head and motor inside a box about the length and width (but not
> >  the thickness, silly) of a sheet of paper. The MakiBox kit will start
> >  at $350 while an assembled kit will cost $550.
> >
> >  The question remains, however: do we need 3D printers on our desks? If
> >  not now, when?
> >
> >
> > A Look at 3D Printing and Open Source
> >
> https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/542928:a-look-at-3d-printing-and-open-source
> >  Arthur C. Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is
> >  indistinguishable from magic." And it's still magical when you
> >  understand how it works. 3D printers are here, they're cool, and there
> >  is a large and enthusiastic open source 3D printer movement.
> > ...
> >  Maybe someday, instead of making little architectural models, a giant
> >  unit will drive up to a building site and spit out a complete
> >  structure.
> >
> > Not hard to imagine a printer that uses concrete as its medium to
> > "print" buildings.
> >
> >  The open source printers we're going to look at spin out a melted
> >  plastic filament that comes off spools, which gives the finished item
> >  a woven appearance... Open source 3D printing is still in the hacker
> >  realm. There are no prefab personal open source 3D Printers; you have
> >  to build from kits or from scratch.
> >
> > Obsolete by the above announcement.
> >
> > After a good intro, the article loses steam once it gets down to the
> > specifics, spending just two paragraphs covering available printers, and
> > one covering the software. It mentions RepRap, Thing-O-Matic, and
> > Makerbot Replicator for printers, and ReplicatorG for software, and
> > Thingiverse and Google 3D Warehouse as model repositories.
> >
> >  -Tom
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/01/concrete_building_printers/
>  or
> contourcrafting.org
>  or
> http://youtu.be/-yv-IWdSdns
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