[Noisebridge-discuss] FYI: Commercial Version of 3D printer

[Martin Bogomolni]

Frankly, the Replicator and the Cubify printers both kicked ass on
that particular test.   The Up! printer also did okay, but it didn't
print at 0.1mm .. I had to print at 0.32mm to get it working.

-M

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Dave Peacock <dave.peacock at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ooh, how did that test go?
>
> I am currently evaluating options for a first 3d printer for a few of us to
> use over here in Oakland. There are a lot of options to choose from, and it
> seems with each option i hear several wildly diverging opinions.
>
> Any opinions you folks would care to share? This will be the first time
> we'll be diving into that world, tho generally pretty comfortable with
> electronics and some hw/sw hacking. Primary goal is to end up with a printer
> that actually prints things, tho we'll be happy if we can learn how to build
> one in the process, Hoping to spend orders of man-weeks getting up and
> running, not man-months. Prefer open-source style, but not limited to --
> looking to spend less than $1.5k. Haven't been super impressed with
> FDM/ABS/PLA end results, but have only seen one resin-based one which looks
> still to early to rely on it actually working in the end.
>
> thanks in advance for any thoughts/advise/opinions you can share. Hope to
> make it over there one of these days to chitchat in person
>
>
> best
> dave
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, the printer suffered a heater failure Sunday.   I actually still
>> have a couple prints from the machine from my Maker Faire 'goodie bag'
>> (I tried to get all the printers to make a copy of the same thing from
>> thingiverse to compare: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11682 )
>>
>> -M
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty
>> <gopiballava at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I didn't talk to the guy, but the printer he had on display was putting
>> > out some rather sub-par looking prints. I don't remember the precise issues.
>> >
>> > His theoretical descriptions of how well his solution was supposed to
>> > work sounded good. Did you get to handle the output and watch it print?
>> >
>> > I saw the printer in Sunday afternoon, so perhaps it had been poked and
>> > prodded by too many people by then.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > gopi at iPad
>> >
>> > On Jun 10, 2012, at 20:42, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I met the creator of the Fabbster at Maker Faire this year.
>> >>
>> >> The innovative thing about Fabbster is that he solved one of the key
>> >> problems in 3D printing.   Material Stability.   He has
>> >> injection-molded ABS (and soon PLA) sticks that are toothed.  It
>> >> allows them to be fed in a steady, controlled, and predictable manner.
>> >>
>> >> The prints are very clean, and blob-free.  I noticed he was using
>> >> netfabb to slice the models at the event.
>> >>
>> >> It's a nice "click-and-go" machine.
>> >>
>> >> -M
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen.r.jarvis at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I saw a link from ThinkGeek to this and thought I'd share since so
>> >>> many open
>> >>> hardware/open source guys do 3d printing at Noisebridge. This one
>> >>> isn't open
>> >>> source (that I can tell), but you still may find it's existence
>> >>> interesting:
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.fabbster.com/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Gen
>> >>> --
>> >>> "It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the
>> >>> strong
>> >>> man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
>> >>> The
>> >>> credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is
>> >>> marred
>> >>> by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes
>> >>> short
>> >>> again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions,
>> >>> and
>> >>> spends himself in a worthy cause; Who, at the best, knows in the end
>> >>> the
>> >>> triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, at least fails
>> >>> while
>> >>> daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and
>> >>> timid
>> >>> souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
>> >>>
>> >>> -- President Theodore Roosevelt
>> >>>    Speech at the Sorbonne
>> >>>    April 23, 1910
>> >>>
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