I got me 3D printer, awesome!

AH.Tempest · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:11

I would love a 3d printer but its outside my budget for the moment! the custom PI cases are awesome! for sure i would be doing them to order if i could.

estebanrey · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:21

Meh, think I'll wait for colour 3D printers to come out.

Kosmiche · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:39

I don't understand how 3d printers work, but golly they are amazing.

To me, existence of 3d printers is proof of god.

estebanrey · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:43

Eames said:
I don't understand how 3d printers work, but golly they are amazing.

To me, existence of 3d printers is proof of god.

Kosmiche · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:46

Maybe if I saw one working I'd understand.

Its quite a big device I assume? I was thinking with the word printer it would be the same size as a ordinary desktop printer.

Then I got to thinking how could that possibly function.

dirtychinchilla · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:48

Well some of them just build up layers of material on top of each other.

Glaucus · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:49

estebanrey · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:00

Eames said:
Maybe if I saw one working I'd understand.

Its quite a big device I assume? I was thinking with the word printer it would be the same size as a ordinary desktop printer.

Then I got to thinking how could that possibly function.

To be fair the word 'printer' is a little inaccurate, more of a marketing term. Builder would probably be better.

sihart25 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:08

just ordered my parts for

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17175

3D Printing here we come!!
Soldered the sainguinololu 1.3a for the motors waiting for nema 17 motors

sihart25 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:10

video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od5GqSPq0cQ&feature=plcp

Gerard · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:16

jaybee said:
So have you printed a bell end yet? Mandatory surely?

This needs to be answered

Glaucus · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:30

sihart25 said:
just ordered my parts for

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17175

3D Printing here we come!!
Soldered the sainguinololu 1.3a for the motors waiting for nema 17 motors

How much and where from?

sihart25 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:47

Glaucus said:
How much and where from?

I used ebay for my motors and electronics am using a friends maker-bot replicator to print the plastic parts am currently looking for a Hotend

sihart25 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:48

the motors came to £50 and the electronics £55 am trying for a budget of 400 at most

sihart25 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:50

3D printer
http://gizmodo.com/5820758/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things

paradisiac · 17 Jul 2012 at 17:33

im lost. so do you have to have some degree of 3d drawing knowledge, or do you just scan something and it makes it 3d?

then once you have your image, do you just kinda hit print, walk away, and in 20minutes or however long, come back and you have a 3d model?

RomanNose · 17 Jul 2012 at 17:36

paradisiac said:
im lost. so do you have to have some degree of 3d drawing knowledge, or do you just scan something and it makes it 3d?

then once you have your image, do you just kinda hit print, walk away, and in 20minutes or however long, come back and you have a 3d model?

You can scan them in but you need one of those laser scanners, or you will have to download/draw it.

sihart25 · 17 Jul 2012 at 18:44

you need a 3d model usually and stl file like 3dmax produces
you can make this your self or go to thingieverse where people share theirs

Pinter75 · 17 Jul 2012 at 20:14

sihart25 said:
you need a 3d model usually and stl file like 3dmax produces
you can make this your self or go to thingieverse where people share theirs

Howdy,

I use 3DMAX to create the models I print. Not ideal as mine are mostly engineering prototypes. 3D MAX can do this but it is not ideal.

Currently I am looking at SolidWorks.

MofoKilla · 17 Jul 2012 at 20:54

are you the guy that has the toy deal with a l33t toy but wont tell us what it is?