[ale] 3D printing

[Charles Shapiro]

Oooh, me, meeee!!!!!

I'm the proud owner of cyndi, Cupcake  #2219,
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/glantriff/5274652006/in/photostream/ ).
I've been printing stuff on her since around January.   Another
cupcake with a mk4 hot-end lives at the Freeside hackerspace (
http://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/ ). They have public meetings Tuesday
nights. That's no guarantee of a demo or even that the machine will be
functional, although they usually have a few printed things lyin'
around.

I'm pretty glad I went the makerbot kit route, although I still think
about building my very own Mendel.  Contact me off-list if you want
details, although I posted a few messages to this board about cyndi
back a whiles.

-- CHS

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:39 PM, James Baker
<jimbakerforlinux at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 04/08/2011 12:15 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
>
> Does anyone on the list have (access to) a 3D printer that they have used?
> I ask because I would like to see one firsthand and learn more about what
> they're really capable of.
>
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> I've seen several types of 3D printers.
> They are capable of just about anything that you can imagine.
> They can make parts that are otherwise unmanufacturable.
> One example part was a chain (like on a bike) that was made all in one shot.
> It swiveled just like a normal chain, but it was made of plastic.
> Cool stuff.
> I don't have access to any 3D printers though.
>
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