Re: [Emc-users] NASA's 3D Printer

2014-11-27 Thread Tobias Gogolin
looks heavy all out of metal... I would have thought 'carbon fiber' and such Also the linear slides to delta concept appears to me the most practical which optimizers material use... so what kind of materials might they have taken to space to extrude? On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 8:08 PM, andy pugh

[Emc-users] NASA's 3D Printer

2014-11-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
http://www.nasa.gov/content/international-space-station-s-3-d-printer/#.VHYN4dewfiE What, no bust of Yoda? -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ -- Download BIRT

Re: [Emc-users] NASA's 3D Printer

2014-11-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 November 2014 at 17:30, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: http://www.nasa.gov/content/international-space-station-s-3-d-printer/#.VHYN4dewfiE I guess the won't need support structures the same way. (which makes me wonder if an alternative orientation might have been