Comments on: 3D scanning and printing https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Bumper Stickes https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547818 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:16:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547818 Hey cool one nice developed step of technology shown on your blog.

]]> By: Deen https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547817 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:21:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547817 @Spiv: http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome

]]> By: Spiv https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547816 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:33:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547816 The scanner is a neat idea, but has a ton of disadvantages (like no undercut, meniscus error, the part gets soppy milk all over it, etc). It is cheap though, so surely someone’s got a use.

The “DIY SLA” thing just isn’t there yet. DIY CNC maching, sure, in fact I’ve got a 12x12x6 steel frame machine I built that works great. I could stick one of these little squirty heads on it and use it like the machine above, but it would suck. Horribly.

SLA done right needs a heated box, a support material, and a real precision nozzle. These are all do-able but not cheap or easy to do at home. We need a better idea, really, otherwise we’re going to be stuck with these home-semi-precision-chocolate-shapers that are out there now. The results are ugly.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547815 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:12:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/07/3d-scanning-and-printing/#comment-547815 Very cool. The scanner is ingenious.

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