EEVblog #237 - Makerbot Thing-O-Matic Unboxing.

[G7PSK]

The latest issue of micromart magazine here in the UK has an article on 3D printing and included the following links which gave me an idea for a couple of projects for Dave and his makerbot, the first is a link to the New scientist and a video of an airplane and its first flight that was completely made using 3D printing and the other is a link to some free software that will make a 3D image from photo's so Dave could use the Makerbot to make a model of himself.

Links.  goo.gl/MVCVk     and     labs.autodesk.com/technologies/123d

[Lawsen]

Thanks for introducing me the Makerbot store.  I wished Makerbot would give you some advertisement token and the same is Rigol.  Wow, Maker Bot gave you one complimentary to demonstrate for us, neat. Was not for the EEVblog, then I would not have taken interest in these items.  The Maker Bot (3D printer) is better than the Growbot (robot cart) from Parallax, that I tried to help a friend assembled for her San Jose State robotics art class.  Wow, this a 3-D printer.  I would like one to make parts for electronics like light switch knobs and maybe the plastic cover parts. 

[G7PSK]

Apparently you can get 3D printers which use materials like titanium powder which is sintered together with a laser a layer of powder is put down the laser is scanned over it fusing the material then another layer and so on Airbus have made a complete working bike at their Filton factory called the AirBike, Every thing was made as a single step fabrication including the bearings. Its know as additive layer manufacturing (ALM) the materials used are Titanium,Stainles steel and Carbon reinforced plastics, It will be whole aircraft next. A one piece homogeneous wide body jet printed out at a go cars too. The university of Exeter is printing with chocolate so if Dave wants  keep the other half happy he could try loading up with that.

[AntiProtonBoy]

Do a construction vid Dave!

And a review!

(If you can.)

plz?

[Pat Pending]

I visited the Makerbot folks at this years CES - Oh...the smell of molten plastics was unmistakable as was the characteristic sound of stepper motors.
Not that big of a booth but drawing a small crowd never the less, with stickers and reprints of Make magazine for interested punters.
The extrusion resolution seems Ok and the software for filling the internal voids of the objects seems to do a better job this time around.

Just looking at that kit unboxing just fills me with dread, its no wonder that the latest Makerbot machine is of a much mechanically simpler construction and comes ready assembled.

[aokman]

so have you built it up yet i wouldn't be able to resist leaving all those toys boxed up