The pieces were printed on the Makerbot ThingOMatic with the Mk 7 extruder (basically a RepRap type machine). They were made with ABS.
The great thing about having a 3D printer is that I can easily make stuff for them -- one of my very first pieces was a longer bolt for a "take apart" toy, so that the older one could mate two pieces that weren't originally meant to go together. My wife and I thought - oh wow, this will blow their mind to see objects printed; but being kids who don't know any better, they just accepted the 3D printout as a normal occurance -- like warming up breakfast sausages in the microwave! :) On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > Cute kids.. I like his explanation in the video. :-) > > Enjoy ... my "little girls" are both in college now. > > What kind/brand/design of 3d printer did you use to make that? > > Dave > > On 6/1/2012 3:43 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote: >> This telescoping planetary gear was entirely 3D printed except for a >> few M3 screws. My machine's calibration was significantly off at the >> time, so I had some clearance issues and I need to do a bit of sanding >> to get the pieces to fit. Otherwise, it was just print, remove part, >> print, remove part, print remove part, ... assemble. The pieces were >> done in the office, next to the boys bedroom, while the boys were >> sleeping, or during dinner hours. >> >> http://chime.in/user/toybuilder/chime/121492527804276736 >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
