I had no idea we were getting one, and when I saw the box I probably looked like a 10 year old kid at Christmas.
I’m a software guy, so I won’t be using it in an official sense, but I’m really just thrilled that I’ll be able to see it in action making stuff. I’ll bet they’ll let me use it once a while though!
I’ll be in my bunk.
Want.
(And it’s only $2200! I’ll get two of them!)
Is it true it can’t make gold-pressed latinum?
Get some details for us. In particular, costs. I saw a price tag on the machine, which is much cheaper than I expected it to be, but what about the, er… “toner”? Suppose you just wanted to make something simple like a brick, how much would it cost to build a block, say, 2"x4"x8"?
Some other stuff of interest:
How strong is the material? Are there any choices of raw materials? Can you vary the density? of an object?
What’s it like posting from The Future? Are the flying cars awesome?
What does your company need it for? And if the answer is different, what will your company be using it for?
a fresh toothpick everyday.
I’d like to know this as well. I see that the spools of filament are $48 for a 1 kg spool, but that doesn’t mean anything without knowing how much of it is needed.
Our own AndrewL made his own 3D printer. I have a nautilus design he printed as a demonstration. 3D printing is the future.
I found this article, for the previous version of the MakerBot. It claims a chess piece (doesn’t say how large) cost about 25 cents in material to print, and took about 30 minutes.
This past weekend, I was explaining to senior (she’s an acquaintance, but I don’t know her age) about 3 D printing.
She stopped me and pointed out that she had been a dentist until recently and was very familiar with 3 D printing.
Or tea, Earl Grey, hot?
From Chimera’s link, it seems to me that those pranks could be performed much more easily without the printer. Certainly, 1 and 3 (just hide the dildos yourself), and probably 2 if you have some other way of making the robots.
Sorry, I have no more info than what is on the website.
They’re OK. The alien overlords restrict their speed to 350mph though. Friggin’ space Nazis.
The company makes sensors to monitor stationary batteries. I think primarily it will be used to make prototype casings for new sensors. I learned today they used to send out for them from some company that would charge $200, so not only will they get them much, much quicker, the machine will pay for itself after 11 or 12 prototypes.
Oh, I wanted to create a thread on this but I forgot: my 3D printed goodness from Shapeways arrived!
Bracelet:
iPhone case:
No, sadly my CAD skills aren’t good enough to design things like these yet.
Well, if my math is right, that’s just about exactly 1000 cc. If the material is about as dense as water (most plastic is probably a little less, metal moderately more), then that’s one kg, so $48.
That’s assuming a solid block of course, which is a silly thing to 3-D print, but gives you an idea, anyway.
Can you make me one of these? I’ve always wanted to see one up close.
Model it in CAD software and send me the file, and I’ll see if I can sneak it in!
