Video from Ultimaker 3 Printer
Click here for video feed from the printer (this video feed is only available on campus and when the printer is connected).-
Recent Posts
Meta
Category Archives: Printing
Solidoodle 3 Unboxing and First Reactions
I gotta hand it to Solidoodle. They have really upped their game for getting down to the 8-10 week order lead time. I ordered the Solidoodle on November 23, and it arrived on February 1. In fact, it showed up … Continue reading
Solidoodle 3 Printer Has Arrived
I was not aware that the Solidoodle, 3rd generation model, that we ordered mid-November was one of their first orders. The company added that the new printers would begin shipping January 30, and ours arrived 2 days later. Here is … Continue reading
Update on New UR CTLT Solidoodle Printer
Well, it’s been almost 2 months since the Solidoodle printer (version 2) arrived. No matter how well it now performs, one must suspect that such a long wait would make the reader think the Solidoodle is not a good printer. … Continue reading
Large Scale 3D Printing
Cosmo Wenman, an artist who has scanned sculptures at such museums as the British Museum in London and the Getty Center in Los Angeles, has printed and assembled a couple remarkable works life size including the Head of a horse of … Continue reading
Posted in Design, In the News, Printing
Comments Off on Large Scale 3D Printing
Time Lapse of 3D Design Students’ Project Being Printed
As part of a larger project in a 3D design course at the University of Richmond, Fall 2012, students used Google SketchUp to develop a work composed of three pieces of small cubes taken from a much larger cube (when … Continue reading
Solidoodle Brief Review
Well, the Solidoodle has not met our expectations by any stretch of the imagination. There were several issues with it, and we still have not been able to print, and the printer is now in a state that it will … Continue reading
Posted in @UR, Printing
2 Comments
Solidoodle 3D Printer Just Arrived
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″ x … Continue reading
Large Scale 3D Printing
Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California (as well as many other 3D printer experts) are working towards developing large 3D printers that can build houses and other similar architectural objects. The device would work similarly to a … Continue reading
Posted in Printing
Comments Off on Large Scale 3D Printing
World’s First Gun Part 3D-Printed
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Design, In the News, Printing
1 Comment
Custom 3D printer on a Robot Arm Printing a Chair!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Design, In the News, Printing
Comments Off on Custom 3D printer on a Robot Arm Printing a Chair!
