Am 17.05.2010 um 20:00 schrieb GNUtoo: > On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 13:05 +0200, Joachim Steiger wrote: >> also there are limitations of what you can do with which each >> production-method: >> * e.g. for reprap-alikes, all overhangs > 45deg need support >> structures. >> * milling in 3axis means you can only 'mill from e.g. above'.. to >> turn >> it to the side you already need a trick/mechanical help to mount it >> sideways, without loosing alignment, or a 4 or 5 axis mill (i don't >> think there is any free toolpath-gen for that yet) >> * laser cutting heavily depend on used materials and is basically '2d >> only' for the affordable machines (<50keuro) >> this means designs consist out of 2d shapes. >> one 'stacks' afterwards or uses creative mounting methods to hold the >> shaped sheets together, like e.g. on the cupcake-cnc (makerbot) > What about that: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Yq3glEyec > not sure how much it cost tough.
Don't know either... Appears to be http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Connex500/ Results look quite good. Machine Weight: 500 kg :) > Also not as free as cupcake or makerbot. Well, if results are affordable I would even accept a non-free solution (at least as a first step)... Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
