I got me 3D printer, awesome!

arknor · 9 Dec 2011 at 11:08

Morgoth said:
I wonder what the cost price of that duplicated wrench was.

almost free when the chinese get their hands on the technology lol

Pinter75 · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:15

I have cleaned up and painted the Yoda I printed earlier.

Nay bad :-)

cainer · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:19

haha that looks like phun Pinter

Deleted member 77746 · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:19

Pinter, WTF! Excellent work.

New business adventure?

Pinter75 · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:21

mrbell1984 said:
Pinter, WTF! Excellent work.

New business adventure?

Nein, I use it in my current job, making all kinds of stuff you find in the High Street and online.

Deleted member 77746 · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:25

Any photos of other products you have done?

Simonnn · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:29

http://youtu.be/6lJ8vId4HF8

amazing video of the possibilities if nobody has already mentioned it yet

Begbie · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:31

mrbell1984 said:
Any photos of other products you have done?

Massive thread in GD

Pinter75 · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:31

mrbell1984 said:
Any photos of other products you have done?

Only the ones here: ***Link removed****

Soon I will be able to tell you about a pretty sweet iPhone accessory :-)

It is all being shown at Toyfair in Jan :-)

PhillyDee · 9 Dec 2011 at 19:31

I have one of the first makerbots (#28), it requires far too many parts to upgrade it now though! Im tempted to buy a thing-o-matic. Though that looks like a decent little printer!

Dmack · 9 Dec 2011 at 19:37

Pinter75 · 9 Dec 2011 at 19:38

PhillyDee said:
I have one of the first makerbots (#28), it requires far too many parts to upgrade it now though! Im tempted to buy a thing-o-matic. Though that looks like a decent little printer!

I remember you posting when you got yours.

This one is ace, although I am experimenting with different bonding material to stop warping. So far Acetate is the best but I have yet to figure out a way to clap it easily to the platform.

Back to blue masking tape for now to test again.

PhillyDee · 9 Dec 2011 at 19:44

The original makerbots came with an acrylic bed etched with lines. Could try that! Failing that, they upgraded to a heated build platform. Try the wiki.makerbot.com. Everything is open source, so you will be able to find plans.

Does RepG drive this one as well? Just feed it an stl file and your pretty much done?

infernox · 9 Dec 2011 at 20:18

That yoda is epic win.

cm1179 · 12 Dec 2011 at 18:59

is it as good as this?

http://www.videoman.gr/7808

Pinter75 · 12 Dec 2011 at 19:07

cm1179 said:
is it as good as this?

http://www.videoman.gr/7808

Nope, that looks like a Zcorp machine. Amazing but lots and lots of money!

The refills of materials probably cost more than my little printer in total!

I am currently printing a Millennium Falcon, will see what it looks like in about an hour.

horseunderwater · 12 Dec 2011 at 20:03

Fantastic little machine the has been talk of printing human organs for transplanting research is being done at Cornell

mattyg · 12 Dec 2011 at 20:27

How long before the op gets an SLA machine. I almost bought a prototype company a few years ago. but got beaten to it by a bigger company with deeper pockets.

RobH · 12 Dec 2011 at 23:23

You've probably seen some of my videos around the forums too, I am the owner of MakerBot Thing-o-Matic #86. It's a year old next weekend and It's been loads of fun so far, I also have a second one under construction which is more RepRap like, it's an eMaker Huxley #20.

The UP printers are very nice if you just want something that works out of the box and has a ridiculous print quality.

I should also point out Printrbot for those of you looking to do this on the cheap. It's a kickstarter project but looks like it could be very big with a good community around it. I have been asked to print the parts for this printer by a friend who is building one.

Dano · 12 Dec 2011 at 23:50

Awesome technology, though I laughed at the spanner thing and talk of it being useful in space, I guess they'll need to make some adjustments before that printer could be used in zero g