On 27 June 2012 06:56, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote:
On 06/26/2012 09:37 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:38 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
Eventually it will be a command like:
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
and out it will come from the replicator. ... But not in my lifetime.
On 3 June 2012 15:17, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote:
Today, I think of 3D printing as high tech, if I had grandkids (none yet)
they would not know a world without it being available, and would ask me
what that box on the wall with a hand crank is (it is a telephone from my
wifes grandad's home,
On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
Well, here's a fleshy take on 3D printing. Probably the best answer to my
original question. Very worthwhile if you're the one waiting in the queue...
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html
Hi Roland,
Eventually it will be a command like:
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
and out it will come from the replicator. ... But not in my lifetime. ... Sigh.
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Thanks Gene. I did mis-state about my grandmother moving into town,
she moved from a 'half-dugout' house on the family farm.
I barely remember visiting there once.
Yea, we got started 'late' for kids. Didn't get married till 30, and I
just turned 60.
So kids are still 20-somethings. In this
On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:38 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
Eventually it will be a command like:
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
and out it will come from the replicator. ... But not in my lifetime. ...
Sigh.
Hi Jack,
At the exponential rate technology is going that might be debatable.
;)
Cheers,
On 06/26/2012 09:37 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:38 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
Eventually it will be a command like:
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
and out it will come from the replicator. ... But not in my lifetime. ...
Sigh.
Hi Jack,
At the exponential rate technology is going
On 3 June 2012 02:38, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote:
On May 30, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
I've been looking at different printers for months,
but they only seem to be able to produce junk.
Hi Roland,
Check out the quality of prints on the Ultimaker some with 20
Every generation seems to loose some of the old generations 'base
knowledge', and their expectations of their 'basic normal' is upped to the
current level of 'consumer tech'.
My Mom told me about kerosene refrigerators, and before that just keeping
milk cool in water pumped (by wind) from the
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 08:17:55 -0500
Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote:
Every generation seems to loose some of the old generations 'base
knowledge', and their expectations of their 'basic normal' is upped
to the current level of 'consumer tech'.
Oh, how true. I remember the spring's cooling water
On Sunday, June 03, 2012 11:44:44 AM Jack Coats did opine:
Every generation seems to loose some of the old generations 'base
knowledge', and their expectations of their 'basic normal' is upped to
the current level of 'consumer tech'.
My Mom told me about kerosene refrigerators, and before
Sorry for those who get bored with history, but I would especially like to
thank Dave and Gene for
chiming in. That makes me feel that I am not alone in my understanding of
the world! :)
Thanks for allowing me to vent my war stories. ... I needed that.
... Jack
Whatever you do, work at it with
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
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
On 6/2/2012 2:22 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote:
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!:)
but being kids who don't know any better, they just
accepted the 3D printout as a normal
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:31:03 -0400
Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
On 6/2/2012 2:22 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote:
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!:)
but being kids
Jeez I hadn't thought of that - a whole generation of kids are going
to grow up having no idea what Clockwise and CounterClockwise are -
we're going to have to go to lefty loosy righty tighty.
DougM
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:31:03
On May 30, 2012, at 1:51 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
I've been looking at different printers for months,
but they only seem to be able to produce junk.
Hi Roland,
Check out the quality of prints on the Ultimaker some with 20 micron layer
heights (0.000787 inches):
On Saturday, June 02, 2012 08:36:28 PM Dave did opine:
On 6/2/2012 2:22 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote:
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!:)
but being kids who don't know any
On Saturday, June 02, 2012 08:56:07 PM dave did opine:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:31:03 -0400
Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
On 6/2/2012 2:22 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote:
but being kids who don't know any better, they just
accepted the 3D printout as a normal occurance -- like warming up
On 6/2/2012 8:39 PM, gene heskett wrote:
On Saturday, June 02, 2012 08:36:28 PM Dave did opine:
On 6/2/2012 2:22 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote:
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
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On 6/2/2012 8:02 PM, gene heskett wrote:
We used to be proud of saying our color subcarrier frequency was
3.57954545454545454545454545 megahertz until you ran out of wind to
say the 45. Actually there was about 12 digits that were good but
it
On Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:38:19 AM Charles Steinkuehler did opine:
On 6/2/2012 8:02 PM, gene heskett wrote:
We used to be proud of saying our color subcarrier frequency was
3.57954545454545454545454545 megahertz until you ran out of wind to
say the 45. Actually there was about 12 digits
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts?
Some examples of stuff I've designed build used...
A case for a GPS+voice amateur radio circuit:
http://softsolder.com/2012/04/13/wouxun-kg-uv3d-gps-interface-functional-case/
Adapter to
On 1 June 2012 12:31, Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com wrote:
Beyond their hand-knitted appearance, the parts are entirely serviceable
I am growing to quite like the hand-knitted appearance.
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On Friday, June 01, 2012 08:37:46 AM Ed Nisley did opine:
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts?
Some examples of stuff I've designed build used...
A case for a GPS+voice amateur radio circuit:
2012/6/1 Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com:
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts?
Some examples of stuff I've designed build used...
Awesome!
Thank You very much for sharing!!!
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Ed;
On 2012-06-01, at 7:31 AM, Ed Nisley wrote:
Some examples of stuff I've designed build used…
Like others, I'm very impressed. Thanks for the posting, and the web page.
JohnS.
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com wrote:
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts?
Some examples of stuff I've designed build used...
Your parts really show the utility of these machines. I was
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Roland Jollivet
roland.jolli...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you mind saying what you are printing, and if you feel the printing is a
worthwhile exercise? I've been looking at different printers for months,
but they only seem to be able to produce junk. Cnc'ing it out
On Friday 01 June 2012 16:47:57 Przemek Klosowski wrote:
- post-processing, i.e. CNC the precision part out of a rough 3D
printed shape, just like machining a casting.
With a spindel parallel to the extruder head.
Here lcnc has it's advantage.
Joachim
On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 08:44 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
the bolts are 3/8 but the holes are 7/16
In this case, the bolts were 7/16 and the holes 3/8... [grin]
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On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 10:10 -0400, Eric Keller wrote:
anyone that makes things
Unlike folks who use industrial-grade machinery to build exquisite
widgets (you know who you are), mostly, I fix stuff.
Being able to sketch out a solid model and then have it *happen* is
wonderfully liberating. The
Very nice Ed. And thanks for including the OpenSCAD source code. Will prove an
interesting read.
Drew
On 06/01/2012 04:31 AM, Ed Nisley wrote:
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts?
Some examples of stuff I've designed build
I've gone off and started making 3D printers out of 3D printed parts
and extruded aluminum frame. I have 21 different extruded parts and 7
machined parts (off a CNC sherline and a CNC Taig), a lot of
off-the-shelf parts and a few parts I still have to hand-make, but the
leap to CNCing those isn't
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
On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:31 AM, Ed Nisley wrote:
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts?
Some examples of stuff I've designed build used...
Cool stuff, Ed. I made a modular box for my ER-25 collets I have laying
around.
On Friday, June 01, 2012 06:45:30 PM Ed Nisley did opine:
On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 08:44 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
the bolts are 3/8 but the holes are 7/16
In this case, the bolts were 7/16 and the holes 3/8... [grin]
Your kit of taps is in the bottom drawer of the tool chest I assume? ;)
On Friday, June 01, 2012 06:47:42 PM Ed Nisley did opine:
On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 10:10 -0400, Eric Keller wrote:
anyone that makes things
Unlike folks who use industrial-grade machinery to build exquisite
widgets (you know who you are), mostly, I fix stuff.
Being able to sketch out a
On 06/01/2012 01:52 PM, doug metzler wrote:
If you are a product designer I can't imagine a better tool. Think of
it as the ultimate in try before you buy - you don't have to commit
anything to injection molding until you've actually held it in your
hand.
Thanks,
DougM
Better than
On 31 May 2012 04:41, Alex Hunt al...@ieee.org wrote:
For me personally, I see an opportunity to contribute to an emerging
field. I think it's worthwhile for that reason.
An interesting exploration of where that might lead us is the novel
Rule 34 by Charlie Stross.
(albeit a rather dystopian
2012/5/31 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com:
On 31 May 2012 04:41, Alex Hunt al...@ieee.org wrote:
For me personally, I see an opportunity to contribute to an emerging
field. I think it's worthwhile for that reason.
An interesting exploration of where that might lead us is the novel
Rule 34 by
On 31 May 2012 09:40, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote:
Rule 34 by Charlie Stross.
I could agree to that, except that with all the internet and other
technologies design is so much more easy to
borrow without a permission,
Pirate Hardware is pretty much the subject of the
Hi Alex
Do you mind saying what you are printing, and if you feel the printing is a
worthwhile exercise? I've been looking at different printers for months,
but they only seem to be able to produce junk. Cnc'ing it out of a block of
plastic looks far more effective.
Regards
Roland
On 29 May
On 5/30/2012 3:51 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
Hi Alex
Do you mind saying what you are printing, and if you feel the printing is a
worthwhile exercise? I've been looking at different printers for months,
but they only seem to be able to produce junk. Cnc'ing it out of a block of
plastic looks
2012/5/30 Kent A. Reed kentallanr...@gmail.com:
If you want really elegant DIY output, check out what's happening with
photo-initiated polymer resin-based printers, for example,
http://b9creator.com/
I have always wondered, what is the tensile strength of these
plastics. Is there a place,
On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:40:47 PM Kent A. Reed did opine:
On 5/30/2012 3:51 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
Hi Alex
Do you mind saying what you are printing, and if you feel the printing
is a worthwhile exercise? I've been looking at different printers for
months, but they only seem
2012/5/30 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com:
Looks like that site is down now.
It works for me. It is little slow though...
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On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:57:02 PM Viesturs Lācis did opine:
2012/5/30 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com:
Looks like that site is down now.
It works for me. It is little slow though...
I gave it about a minute, no incoming traffic on the switches leds.
Cheers, Gene
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On 5/30/2012 12:20 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
2012/5/30 Kent A. Reedkentallanr...@gmail.com:
If you want really elegant DIY output, check out what's happening with
photo-initiated polymer resin-based printers, for example,
http://b9creator.com/
I have always wondered, what is the tensile
Having a ToM 3D printer, and having done hobbyist CNC work with a
3-axis mill, I have to say that FDM 3D printing lets me try out a
number of ideas that are much harder or impossible to cut with a
3-axis CNC. The most obvious examples are cutting figurines, where
there are features that would not
On 30 May 2012 19:06, Joseph Chiu joec...@joechiu.com wrote:
Having a ToM 3D printer, and having done hobbyist CNC work with a
3-axis mill, I have to say that FDM 3D printing lets me try out a
number of ideas that are much harder or impossible to cut with a
3-axis CNC. The most obvious
I am in another group that has guys working on using a DLP computer
projector
to selectively cure a liquid resin one layer at a time. While this is
not something
that can be strapped to the spindle of a CNC mill, it appears to be a
very viable
technology for 3D fabrication. Some of the
2012/5/30 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts? While I fully appreciate the
value of the learning, especially for children, people using EMC are
perforce versed in CNC milling.
Yes, can I ask 3D printer owners to share the practical use of
On 30 May 2012 19:19, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, can I ask 3D printer owners to share the practical use of those prints?
One use is for casting patterns.
The pannier mounts for my bike are cast in brass from a 3D-printed pattern.
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On Wed, 30 May 2012 11:55:49 -0400
Kent A. Reed kentallanr...@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/30/2012 3:51 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
Hi Alex
Do you mind saying what you are printing, and if you feel the
printing is a worthwhile exercise? I've been looking at different
printers for months, but
On 30 May 2012 19:40, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote:
http://b9creator.com/
That looks like the best technology I've seen.
To the extent that I did the price calculation into £ to see if I wanted one.
There was a guy on the IRC last night looking at a similar approach.
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On 5/30/2012 2:40 PM, dave wrote:
On Wed, 30 May 2012 11:55:49 -0400
Kent A. Reedkentallanr...@gmail.com wrote:
... If you want really elegant DIY output, check out what's
happening with photo-initiated polymer resin-based printers, for
example, http://b9creator.com/
That looks like the
I've professionally used parts made by these processes for non-critical
brackets, rough as-cast like blanks for pneumatic manifolds (that only required
reaming operations to be put in service), investments for castings, etc. Given
that I can have a serviceable part in 24 hours, given an
On 5/30/2012 2:19 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
2012/5/30 Roland Jollivetroland.jolli...@gmail.com:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts? While I fully appreciate the
value of the learning, especially for children, people using EMC are
perforce versed in CNC milling.
Yes, can I ask 3D
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On 5/30/2012 1:19 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
Is there any practical use of 3D prints? Can it be useful to make
something like cases for MPG pendants or something else?
Are parts for your home-made fusion reactor practical enough? :)
On 30 May 2012 19:53, N. Christopher Perry n_christopher_pe...@me.com wrote:
I've professionally used parts made by these processes for non-critical
brackets, rough as-cast like blanks for pneumatic manifolds
Oh, yes. At work they print all sorts of parts. Complete front grills,
fully
On 30 May 2012 21:00, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 30 May 2012 19:53, N. Christopher Perry n_christopher_pe...@me.com
wrote:
I've professionally used parts made by these processes for non-critical
brackets, rough as-cast like blanks for pneumatic manifolds
Oh, yes. At work they
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emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT: 3D Printer Mods?
2012/5/30 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts? While I fully appreciate the
value of the learning, especially for children, people
On 30 May 2012 20:10, Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, yes. At work they print all sorts of parts.
With filament ?
No, and that is why I didn't immediately mention it. They have
laser/powder, laser/liquid and inkjet/UV machines for plastics.
However, I did see a
In college my son had 3D printing capability for 'free'. But their
machine shop had 3D printers (filament, powder deposition, etc
versions), laser cutters, CNC machines, ... all the toys I wish I
could have access to. They had standard over night delivery from
Grainger and Small Parts for
Speaking from my own experience, I've made a number of fun or
educational toy parts and figurines for my kids; I made some camera
accessories for my wife (couple of lens cap holders, a simple slip-on
macro lens for taking close-up pictures). I also used 3d printed
parts to do some stand in parts
On 05/30/2012 02:29 PM, andy pugh wrote:
On 30 May 2012 20:10, Roland Jollivetroland.jolli...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, yes. At work they print all sorts of parts.
With filament ?
No, and that is why I didn't immediately mention it. They have
laser/powder, laser/liquid and inkjet/UV machines for
On 30 May 2012 20:32, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote:
IMHO, every technology (from clay sculpting and lost wax, pouring
babbit bearings, to 3D modeling and production of today) has its
benefits and issues.
I poured a white-metal big-end bearing for our 1916 fire engine
earlier this year.
So
Greetings
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From: Viesturs Lacis viesturs.la...@gmail.com
2012/5/30 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com:
The thing is, what do you do with these parts? While I fully appreciate
the
value of the learning, especially for children, people using EMC are
On 30 May 2012 21:00, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 30 May 2012 19:53, N. Christopher Perry n_christopher_pe...@me.com
wrote:
I've professionally used parts made by these processes for non-critical
brackets, rough as-cast like blanks for pneumatic manifolds
Oh, yes. At work
knock it.
From: roland.jolli...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 19:29:07 +0200
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Emc-users] OT: 3D Printer Mods?
On 30 May 2012 19:06, Joseph Chiu joec...@joechiu.com wrote:
Having a ToM 3D printer, and having done hobbyist CNC work with a
3
used a 3D printer that extrudes plastic or metal, you really
shouldn't knock it.
From: roland.jolli...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 19:29:07 +0200
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Emc-users] OT: 3D Printer Mods?
On 30 May 2012 19:06, Joseph Chiu joec...@joechiu.com
Hi Roland,
To the average machinist - ok, ALL machinists, the parts produced by
homebuilt FDM machines look awful. There is visible banding along the
Z-axis, variations in the amount of plastic extruded, occasional slumping
at overhangs, and places where support material had to be snapped off.
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