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Useful links & banners Anonymous 11/19/14 (Wed) 21:41:14 No.1[Reply]

Welcome to /fab/ — the board dedicated to 3d printers and other things that can turn files on your computer into things.

Tech support, unboxing, advice and other types of threads welcome.

Please spoiler NSFW images.

Introduction:
http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page
Models to print:
http://www.bld3r.com/
https://www.youmagine.com/
https://cubehero.com/
http://thepiratebay.se/browse/605
http://www.thingiverse.com/ — consider using other sites, Stratasys/Makerbot are massive shills.

What else?

Post last edited at 02/28/15 (Sat) 09:56:54

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yiff Anonymous 02/27/15 (Fri) 15:09:10 No.25 [Reply]

hey /fab/
which Pokémon would you fuck?

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Anonymous 02/14/15 (Sat) 20:50:33 No.23 [Reply]

What is the best machine for working in metal?
I'm guessing it is not an additive process so i have no idea so it may be sintering or something.
I am asking because I am trying to get a rough estimate for the total price of a small, completely independent community. one that cap produce everything it needs from food to computers.

Anonymous 02/24/15 (Tue) 18:22:23 No.24

>>23
Depends on the kind of part you want to make.
Either CNC mill/router, or CNC lathe.
Lathes are probably the most versatile.
Also you can 3d print a prototype of a part and then cast it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWVVSZP3Au4
Sintering is actually an additive technology. I don't think it's feasible for a hobbyist though.

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Cheapest starting printer. Anonymous 11/20/14 (Thu) 20:24:35 No.2 [Reply]

Which is it?
Smartrap? Morgan? Some Printrbot variant?

Anonymous 11/24/14 (Mon) 01:15:18 No.4

I got a $500 USD RepRap, though that was just a fluke of sales.
Also, all the pencil-pushers combined charged me a total of about $130 to get it through NZ customs.

Anonymous 11/24/14 (Mon) 06:30:31 No.5

>>4
What model?
I've seen kits sold for $350 or so.
Also, I reckon some delta bots may be cheaper than cartesian bots.
GUS Simpson looks ridiculously cheap, but it's experimental and cannot currently self-reproduce.
Also, I think it's more practical to build something that have kits available.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGTe1G2Gqs

Anonymous 11/25/14 (Tue) 10:42:16 No.6

>>5
I got a Prusa kit with the motor units and stuff already put together.

Anonymous 01/26/15 (Mon) 00:32:06 No.19

I've ordered a Peachy Printer, I'll let you know how it is once it arrives.

Anonymous 02/04/15 (Wed) 19:39:10 No.22

>>19
Interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18r7hDG-ec
I wonder why they use their sophisticated drip-based system for z axis instead of a simple peristaltic pump.

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dead board let's blog Anonymous 11/26/14 (Wed) 22:36:30 No.7 [Reply]

I recently got the chance to use a 3D printer for the first time the other day when a friend loaned me his to see if I could get it working again. (I did.) It's a TAZ Lulzbot 3 and it's incredible to me how many parts of it are printed, and how close they are to the heating elements.
I haven't yet used up the single spool of PLA it came with, during my few days of printing mostly trinkets.
Right now I'm working on replicating these:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/843532/gear-wrap.html?materialId=76
using this:
https://tinkercad.com/things/2zLpRaIJUt8-cable-wrap-gear-copied/
I tweaked that guy's model a little because I only have PLA which is much more brittle than the nylon that the official ones are supposed to be made out of.
Got a few hours left before the first ones are done and I can revise and reprint.

What are you all up to?

Anonymous 01/02/15 (Fri) 00:45:35 No.16

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I'm waiting for my Titan1 to be delivered, I'm super-excited. Wanted the cover on the left, but got the red one; ultimately, it doesn't matter though.
Hope this board doesn't stay dead and we can talk tips/tricks/experiences more.

Anonymous 01/02/15 (Fri) 20:40:16 No.17

>>16
Stereolithography? Sweet. What kind of materials does it use? How much they cost?

Anonymous 01/02/15 (Fri) 21:31:39 No.18

>>17
Resin. So far they've been recommending makerjuice.com which looks fairly reasonable, if they have the same yield as filament. However, if you want ABS-hard resin or castable resin, then they suggest 3D-material's stuff which looks really expensive. But stereolithography and the materials for it haven't been available as long for personal use, and the Titan1 is modular, so who knows? It's got pluses and minuses, but it could easily improve more.

Anonymous 01/27/15 (Tue) 23:30:22 No.20

>>18
Update: Printer and resins are arriving by separate boxes. Both left the same location at roughly the same time, and after a few tracking notifications, the printer disappeared and then the resins did too, for 3-4 days. The resins popped up again, but the printer has not.
>tfw I anticipate getting a useless box of resins ;_;

Anonymous 02/02/15 (Mon) 19:54:55 No.21

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>>20
Nevermind! It's here! Currently about halfway through buliding it. Also, I was wrong, I DID in fact get the orange 'diamond' cover, just need to get somebody to help me put that together.

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Anonymous 11/23/14 (Sun) 09:58:13 No.3 [Reply]

What's the most efficient way to get commanded distance to equal moved distance for my print head? (RepRap)

Anonymous 12/26/14 (Fri) 18:37:15 No.14

http://reprap.org/wiki/Triffid_Hunter's_Calibration_Guide

Anonymous 12/26/14 (Fri) 21:02:15 No.15

Also http://prusaprinters.org/calculator/

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Anonymous 11/27/14 (Thu) 23:02:44 No.8 [Reply]

3d printers are cool and all, but what kind of projects can you do with a laser cutter?

Anonymous 11/29/14 (Sat) 08:02:20 No.9

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Why, 3d printer of course! They look neat as fuck.
Although I've read some bad things about lasercut 3d printers, Printrbot specifically. Apparently, they cut the contours in arbitrary order, so inner contours are sometimes cut when outer cuntours are already done, which is why the placement of holes is not so precise. But, if you have your own laser cutter it should be possible to cut them in proper order.

Also, http://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=laser+cutter

Anonymous 12/01/14 (Mon) 00:21:19 No.10

Could you cut key blanks with a laser cutter?

I ask, because I'm a criminal.

Anonymous 12/01/14 (Mon) 09:58:50 No.11

>>10
Probably not, I don't think you can do grooves on metal.

Anonymous 12/01/14 (Mon) 10:02:06 No.12

>>10
>>11
Yeah, it's purely 2d.
What you need is a mill. Then again, if you really were a criminal you'd know that.

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