One issue is that EMC doesn't run on all the windows or osx machines out there. My group is using a java driver for that reason. (Note: I'm personally a die-hard penguin-lover.) I know, for a lot of people their first reaction would be to go and buy a $50 used pc, throw ubuntu on it, and use it as a print server, but it's an issue.
That said EMC would be a good way to do it, and I'm sure we'll be repeating that when we realize we want a milling head and pick-and-place robot arm in the 3D printer along with a deposition head or two, for what the Stanford folks call Robot-Assisted Shape Deposition Manufacturing. That said, I'm using a Taig mill to fabricate a print head and then I'll mount the print head on the mill and use the mill as a 3D print head. Once I've got that working and my group has finished our 3D printer design, I'll print out the RepRap parts, assemble them, and have a 3D printer. (I've yammered at the list about my setup before) Regards, Sebastien RepRap.org - self-reproducing 3D printer project. On Wednesday 10 January 2007 16:06, Mario. wrote: > For 2400$, eh? I am sure that includes Core 2 Duo X6800 with Geforce > 8800GTX cards in SLI and 42" LCD display... > For 2400$ it would cost if you had someone do it... It is not like you > cannot do some very good bank note copies with some personal printers > on proper paper these days, so are the options of 3D imaging much > closer than they used to be. I personally adore more the 2.5D imaging > that works in layers - by melting powder together (optical heating). > With proper powder this can be done in EMC easily too. > > On 1/10/07, Paul Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > perhaps i was the only one here unaware of this project, but since > > it was slashdotted today, i thought i'd mention it here. a research > > team at cornell has come up with a DIY 3D printer project that you > > can build for $2400. > > > > article in new scientist: > > > > http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10922-desktop-fabricator-may-ki > >ckstart-home-revolution.html > > > > project home page: > > http://www.fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page > > > > > > from the brief scan of their site that i've done, it looks to be > > a x-y bed with a long z axis that holds a syringe of stuff that > > makes the object. the s/w seems to be windows only. > > > > i'd be pretty shocked if there weren't a huge overlap between the > > s/w needs of that project and the software provided by EMC. after > > (this project takes away material, theirs puts it back. :-) > > > > paul > > =--------------------- > > paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 27.5 > > degrees) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
