3D printing set-ups and stories

[rumsfald]

LEGO? yawn.

A functional lower receiver made from 3-D printed LEGO? Colour me interested.



ASIDE: My serious current fantasy involves getting a functional basement shop where I can 3-d print replacement parts for whatever plastic bit of first entropy planned obsolescence hits my consumer goods. Need non-flooding basement first...

[HeK]

A sump pump was my project last spring. While I had fun using the jackhammer, holding a 2" concrete boring drill above my head for 20 minutes wasn't. Especially after hitting rebar, twice.

[Vandamguy]

LEGO? yawn.

think of the possibilities though , you could build that optional second model at the back of the manual without having to disassemble the first!

[matter11]

[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=5815.msg253661#msg253661 date=1347402370]
LEGO? yawn.

think of the possibilities though , you could build that optional second model at the back of the manual without having to disassemble the first!
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After energy/materials/time/wear&tear would it still be cheaper than normal or third party legos? I really have no idea what your operating costs are.

[at0m]

http://hackaday.com/2012/09/25/turning-3...-castings/

[rumsfald]

Make LPs out of MP3s. The tech is pretty fuzzy at this point, but the future is near

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Record/

[matter11]

Make LPs out of MP3s. The tech is pretty fuzzy at this point, but the future is near

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Record/

I thought the main point of having records was to have that collector's value.

[rumsfald]

hey at0m, thinking you could expand your mini collections

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1...tures.html

[HeK]

So I have converted mostly from plastic bushings to linear bearings.... with increased backlash. Damn lack of available 8mm guide rod.

In other news, a web-based reprap print server has been released, designed mainly for use on a Raspberry Pi.

http://www.repetier.com/repetier-server-download/

It works mostly well.

[CaffeinePowered]

[HeK]

Just for DTrain: http://defcad.org/

[CaffeinePowered]

This is now a thing near me

http://www.thrillist.com/own/chicago/riv...ir=welcome

[HeK]

Because someone had to:



*Note 1: I cannot legally buy ammunition as my FAC license has expired and I have not bothered to renew
*Note 2: I cannot legally fire it
*Note 3: Because of the above and the general lack of documentation or even scale from Defcad, I printed this at am arbitrary scale. Unless you can find 7.4mm ammo, it's not doing much.

[rumsfald]

sweet hek.

[HeK]

Made In the Neighbourhood (ft. a clothing printer, OpenKnit) on Vimeo

[rumbot]

I officially know a shapeways employee.

[at0m]

In the biblical sense?

[Didzo]

[VeraLapsa]

Why ShapeWays why

[rumbot]

nice.

http://youtu.be/mS6-Tzjeths