Printing in sugar with a DIY inkjet print head
Madscifi and Johnrpm of the RepRap Forums are showing some excellent results from their DIY inkjet print head.
reprap
Reprap + inkjet = ???
There is a fascinating post on the RepRap blog on using inkjet sprayers while outputting on a 3D printer. It would certainly be nice to be able to lay down waxes, resins, conducting ink and all the rest in a RepRap with the fineness and precision that inkjet could give. We would probably want to […]
Virtual pottery wheel
L’Artisan Électronique consists of a laser scanner that lets a person create a virtual model with his or her hands; the model can then be 3D-printed. [Via Fast Company]
MakerBot achieves self-replication, prints MakerBot offspring
Want a MakerBot? Now you can just print one!
The Mendel, explained
From the RepRap blog: The New Scientist is running a feature article by Tom Simonite on RepRap and its derivatives this week. Tom visited the RepRap Lab at Bath University, the London Hackspace and other places a few weeks ago to research his article.
Timelapse video of ShaperCube 3D printer build
Josef Průša (HavlÃÄkův Brod, Czech Republic) is a maker, DJ, and contributor to our own iPhone Hacks. He’s the first to build a ShaperCube, an open source 3D printer based on RepRap.
3D printing stackable girders
RepRapper Forrest Higgs designed an interlocking beamed structure that could be 3D printed — thus advancing the RepRap’s stated purpose of someday being able to print new RepRaps. Currently much of the support structure cannot be printed. But what if printable girders could be stacked on top of each other? Higgs’ project may not be […]
