[Noisebridge-discuss] Makerbot: Making

[Marnia Johnston]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote:

> Excerpts from Sai Emrys's message of Sun Aug 09 07:12:14 -0700 2009:
> > That's awesome.
> >
> > Are the tolerances good enough that it could be made functional? (i.e.
> > hollow spout and body, recession that fits lid)
>
> Eh.. not as function as you describe.



>
> Not exactly food safe (can't hold water; would the boiling water remelt the
> plastic?). I'm a ceramic artist and we use these 3D printers to print out a
> 'pattern' that we then use to make a slip cast mold. I can then use the mold
> to make ceramic tea pots.



>
> I'm still not sure how to best get it laid down to start. It's almost as
> if the plastic doesn't stay hot enough or something.
> As it comes out, I'm having a hard time to get it to start sticking to
> the stage or to the layer underneath it, and it will roll up under the
> head and make a mess.
>
> > I'm impressed that it's able to do bits where there isn't underlying
> > material (like the handle). How do you do that? The only way I can
> > think of offhand is by using something underneath that's then taken
> > out - either in some alternate material that is easy to remove, or a
> > little snappable post like you see holding the pieces in model kits to
> > their container.
>
> There is some filling mesh-like material. See here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejof/3804170316/
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