Sep 12, 2012 | Design, In the News
There is a nice grist list article about a 3D printer being employed to restore a bald eagle’s beak structure. The new beak is not strong enough for the wild, but it does show what one can do with this technology!
Aug 31, 2012 | @UR, Printing
Ordered on May 27, 2012, the Solidoodle printer arrived on August 31, 2012. In general, this printer should be similar to the Makerbot with the following comparisons: Feature Thing-O-Matic Solidoodle Cost $1250 $600 Shipped as: kit pre-assembled Build Volume 4″...
Jul 26, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
A post in an AR15 fun forum describes the development, printing and testing of the 3D printing of the lower receiver of an automatic weapon. Although the barrel would be a much more difficult fete, the lower receiver is a crucial piece of the weapon (one of...
Apr 30, 2012 | Design, In the News, Printing
Now here is a large 3D printer! Dirk Vander Kooij is a designer who uses a repurposed manufacturing robot as a 3D printer to extrude recycled plastic into designer furniture. For him, the visible resolution of the printer, i.e., the beads of plastic, (rather than the...
