I'll put in $100. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM, wulfdesign <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm mostly interested in the Makerbot 3d printer machine right now. > > they are getting a lot of press, > and I think it's the beginning of something BIG. > they don't call this technology 'A factory on your desktop' for > nothing. > > It would be a big draw to the Saturday House if you (we) had one. > plus the ability to print out parts for other projects would leverage > it. > (also printing parts for other 3d printers as well) > > currently the Makerbot Cupcake CNC only has about a 4in print area. > but its a good start and could move up to printing parts for a > RepRap machine or modifying the design so that has a larger print > area. > > the kit is $750 online. > plus a lot of assembly. > I'm willing to put in $100 of it if there are another 7 people > who are willing to do the same. > (I'm thinking of using a co-op model, anyone who buys-in gets parts @ > or near printing costs, others may pay a usage fee for access to the > machine. like paying for laser prints and/or design work) > > alternately I can wait a month or two and get one myself and put it > together. > > -Larry > > p.s. > relevant links below. > > http://www.makerbot.com/ > http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerbot-in-the-news > http://www.thingiverse.com/ > http://www.reprap.org > > On May 3, 9:07 pm, William Beaty <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 3 May 2009, Ryan Reggio wrote: > > > so, here's the idea, any idea, inkling, project, experiment, etc. > > > you can think of, put here. no idea is too crazy > > > > Why not build one which can actually create usable parts? Like > > the Makerbot CNC, or others? It's not just a demo like the candyfab, > > it's an actual micro-fab machine shop. Use the first one to spit out > > specialized parts to make more of them. See: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=412cDGFZBvc > > > > Now if you want CRAZY ...then how about some basic science. But not the > > boring conventional kind. Instead, step away from conventional reality > > and temporarily put a stop to our limited mundane expectations. I'm > > talking about high voltage crackpot experiments. Real mad science, like > > old B&W science fiction movies. > > > > For example, I've always wanted to try harnessing the following HV > > phenomenon in order to try out some ideas. > > > > Threadlike streams of "electric wind" > > http://amasci.com/freenrg/airthred.html > > > > Ideas like storing data in a column of empty space, or perhaps create an > > audio delay line, or a burglar alarm (breaking the invisible ion beam.) > > Or perhaps even build an oscilloscope CRT which runs at one atmosphere, > no > > vacuum. > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
