I'm mostly interested in the Makerbot 3d printer machine right now. they are getting a lot of press, and I think it's the beginning of something BIG. they don't call this technology 'A factory on your desktop' for nothing.
It would be a big draw to the Saturday House if you (we) had one. plus the ability to print out parts for other projects would leverage it. (also printing parts for other 3d printers as well) currently the Makerbot Cupcake CNC only has about a 4in print area. but its a good start and could move up to printing parts for a RepRap machine or modifying the design so that has a larger print area. the kit is $750 online. plus a lot of assembly. I'm willing to put in $100 of it if there are another 7 people who are willing to do the same. (I'm thinking of using a co-op model, anyone who buys-in gets parts @ or near printing costs, others may pay a usage fee for access to the machine. like paying for laser prints and/or design work) alternately I can wait a month or two and get one myself and put it together. -Larry p.s. relevant links below. http://www.makerbot.com/ http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerbot-in-the-news http://www.thingiverse.com/ http://www.reprap.org On May 3, 9:07 pm, William Beaty <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 3 May 2009, Ryan Reggio wrote: > > so, here's the idea, any idea, inkling, project, experiment, etc. > > you can think of, put here. no idea is too crazy > > Why not build one which can actually create usable parts? Like > the Makerbot CNC, or others? It's not just a demo like the candyfab, > it's an actual micro-fab machine shop. Use the first one to spit out > specialized parts to make more of them. See: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=412cDGFZBvc > > Now if you want CRAZY ...then how about some basic science. But not the > boring conventional kind. Instead, step away from conventional reality > and temporarily put a stop to our limited mundane expectations. I'm > talking about high voltage crackpot experiments. Real mad science, like > old B&W science fiction movies. > > For example, I've always wanted to try harnessing the following HV > phenomenon in order to try out some ideas. > > Threadlike streams of "electric wind" > http://amasci.com/freenrg/airthred.html > > Ideas like storing data in a column of empty space, or perhaps create an > audio delay line, or a burglar alarm (breaking the invisible ion beam.) > Or perhaps even build an oscilloscope CRT which runs at one atmosphere, no > vacuum. > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
