General details on the design: Theoretical resolution is less than 25 microns Theoretical speeds in excess of 500mm/s No linear rails – 28 cheap 608 bearings 12 unique plastic pieces (none need support) Printable on a 150x150mm machine
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OpenBeam Kossel Pro
OpenBeam Kossel Pro – A new type of 3D Printer Terence has hand-picked an amazing team for his second Kickstarter adventure… The list is as follows: Terence Tam (Leader of the pack) – Openbeam Aluminium extrusion. Amazingly versatile and reusable. Matthew Wilson – Brainwave All in one electronics board for 3d Printers. Made in Seattle,USA … Read More →
Micro Sized 3D Printing at 15 microns
A Japanese company has built a 3D printer that is producing amazingly small items. (It’s called the Unirapid 3) It is a resin based printing machine so it’s not an entry-level machine but if this a taste of the future to come, then I am pleased with the way things are going. Below are some of the … Read More →
3D Printers – Making your own Printer Nozzle – 0.20mm
Jerrill Johnson is an excellent example of what a determined maker can achieve. In the video below he demonstrates how he makes 3d Printer Nozzles from Acorn nuts. He uses a drill, Dremel rotary tool ,very fine drill bits and a few loose bits to make the parts. Jerrill has also added his custom tools to Thingiverse so you can print them off … Read More →
Morgan Reprap makes its first print. (SCARA 3D Printer)
Following up from our earlier post about Quentin Harley’s SCARA 3d Printer , we finally have some footage of it actually printing. The design is totally different from the normal Cartesian based printers and might just be the next big thing… Quentin also added a post on how to Calibrate the Morgan Reprap – SCARA 3d Printer. A copy of … Read More →
3d Printer based on a SCARA robot
Quentin Harley from South-Africa has been working on a SCARA based 3d printer for quite some time. Lately he has made huge progress on the project and the video below shows the printer in action. For more details on his printer have a look at his blog : http://reprap.harleystudio.co.za/ He has also named it the Morgan … Read More →
Kossel 3D Printer (Rostock 3D Printer) using Openbeam Extrusions
UPDATE : The Kossel Pro is now available on Kickstarter!!! At last we have a version of the Rostock 3d Printers using Openbeam. Project Link – http://deltabot.tumblr.com/ RepRap Link – http://reprap.org/wiki/Kossel Kit Set Link – http://www.openbeamusa.com/Kossel-3D-Printer-Extrusion-Kit-Clear.html We recommend the following books on 3D Printing: Beginning Google Sketchup for 3D Printing By Sandeep Singh Practical 3D Printers: … Read More →
Recycling old computer plastics with 3D Printing.
Turning day to day waste into creative energy.