Artisan's Asylum has both a MakerBot (~$1200 3D printer from a kit) and a uPrint SE Plus (~$400/month lease).
The Artisan's Asylum teaches classes in 3D printing from time to time that will get you up and running; in general, though, an .STL file from Google SketchUp or Solidworks will Just Work on the uPrint. * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST * On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We hear a lot about 3D printing these days. Anyone here with hands-on > > experience? Does AA have a 3D printer? > > > > > > $300 3D Printer > > > http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/28/is-the-300-3d-printer-finally-here-makible-thinks-so/ > > > > MakiBox is a riff on the open source RepRap 3D printer that fits a > > print head and motor inside a box about the length and width (but not > > the thickness, silly) of a sheet of paper. The MakiBox kit will start > > at $350 while an assembled kit will cost $550. > > > > The question remains, however: do we need 3D printers on our desks? If > > not now, when? > > > > > > A Look at 3D Printing and Open Source > > > https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/542928:a-look-at-3d-printing-and-open-source > > Arthur C. Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is > > indistinguishable from magic." And it's still magical when you > > understand how it works. 3D printers are here, they're cool, and there > > is a large and enthusiastic open source 3D printer movement. > > ... > > Maybe someday, instead of making little architectural models, a giant > > unit will drive up to a building site and spit out a complete > > structure. > > > > Not hard to imagine a printer that uses concrete as its medium to > > "print" buildings. > > > > The open source printers we're going to look at spin out a melted > > plastic filament that comes off spools, which gives the finished item > > a woven appearance... Open source 3D printing is still in the hacker > > realm. There are no prefab personal open source 3D Printers; you have > > to build from kits or from scratch. > > > > Obsolete by the above announcement. > > > > After a good intro, the article loses steam once it gets down to the > > specifics, spending just two paragraphs covering available printers, and > > one covering the software. It mentions RepRap, Thing-O-Matic, and > > Makerbot Replicator for printers, and ReplicatorG for software, and > > Thingiverse and Google 3D Warehouse as model repositories. > > > > -Tom > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/01/concrete_building_printers/ > or > contourcrafting.org > or > http://youtu.be/-yv-IWdSdns > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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