It looks like the Open Source 3D printer movement is making gigantic leaps. Here is an image of the individual layers of a 3D print made with a Ultimaker 3D printer. To the left side of the image you can see a human thumb. Read more here.
If you want to be able to make tall 3D prints at home, check out this Ultimaker +! Read more here.
Recently we wanted to make an 3D-printable object on our Makerbot that filled a useful purpose. One way of finding out what to do is to analyse stuff that can be annoying and try to solve that problem.
Immediately we thought of the different ways people hang garbage bags. In most cases they get cramped into baskets or buckets which can have some disadvantages. The challenge then became to design a garbage bag holder that would be printable on our 3D printer.
You can see the result above and download the 3D files from Thingiverse.
Everyone who has watched Star Trek knows what a replicator is. In this video you can see a report from National Geographic about the Z Corp company and how they can replicate objects with laser scanners and 3D printers.
Ultimaker is now one of the latest additions to the fauna of open sourced 3D printers! Check it out at Thingiverse.
In this video Adrian Bowyer shows how to 3D print PLA on a plate of glass with a Reprap 3D printer.
Junior Veloso seem to be a very very clever guy. He has managed to create this home-made 3D printer which created 3D models by curing a photopolymer with a DLP projector. Read more here.
Today I walked to our weekly meeting at the Geekubator hackerspace. It is just a couple of minutes stroll from where I live. During this walk and while proudly carrying my Makerbot I passed by a lady. She looked at me and I at her. After some seconds of polite silence she smiled and asked: “Are you carrying a bomb?!”
That gave me an immediate gigantic smile on my face and I kindly replied that I carried a benign device called “Makerbot” which is only used for kind purposes! :)
Above is a video taken from this year’s World Maker Faire at NYC. There is lots of 3D printer stuff, laser cutters, etc.
This evenings meeting gave us the time to start assembling our Makerbot’s new automated build platform.