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One step conversion of an image to gcode for Makerbot Unicorn and Reprap style 3D Printers

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

How to take an image like this: and in one step generate the gcodes required to do this: All credit for cad.py goes to the original creator Neil Gershenfeld of  MIT Center for Bits and Atoms and David Carr of Make Your Bot who optimised the … Continue reading →

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Playing around with a heated chamber design.

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

For quite some time I have lusted after a 3D printer with the following specifications: A 20x20x15cm build area A heating print bed A heated build chamber (ambient to 100C) to possibly eliminate warping. A respectable print resolution and speed … Continue reading →

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Printable PCB motor?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

The holy grail of a self replicating 3D printer is the ability to print its own drive train. In the long term this may be possible with some form of multi-metal stintering system that can produce a stator layer by layer. However … Continue reading →

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Cryogenic Granular Grinding

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

I recently came across this industrial grade meet grinder. Its located in a laboratory used for, among other things, injection moulding. I’m told that its used to grind plastic granules down into a fine powder. What is particularly interesting though is … Continue reading →

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