[Imc-makerspace] purchase possibilites

[Brian Williams]

I talked to a friend who is currently building a Mendel, he
recommended getting plastic from:
http://www.fabbr.com/p/store.html

We could probably look around and get someone to print us parts for
free, but these guys make a lot of these kits, so we'll probably get
better quality.  And it's reasonably priced.

And here's the method to get 100MHz out of the cheap Rigol oscilloscope:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Hacking-the-Rigol-DS1052E-Oscilloscope-with-Linux/

-- Brian



On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Colten Jackson <jazzyjackson at gmail.com> wrote:
> A few options for 3D printers:
>
> Printrbot:
> $550 6x6 build platform: http://printrbot.com/shop/printrbot/
> $700 8x8 build platform: http://printrbot.com/shop/printrbot-2/
>
> these have a 3 week lead time til shipping, and the guy who started
> the company sounds pretty great. From the reprap wiki:
> http://reprap.org/wiki/Printrbot
>
> "Through our "Print It Forward" program, we will ask each school to
> print, assemble and donate a Printrbot to 3 other schools. Although
> everyone is welcome to source their own parts, Printrbot.com will
> offer discounts to make this feasible. By relying on schools and
> Printrbot owners to print 3 other sets of parts to construct a
> Printrbot, we hope to spread the RepRap love far and wide!"
>
> Pretty true to the original Replicator dream, throw in a few parts
> from the hardware store - $130 for the Printrbot motherboard to run
> the whole thing. Maybe we can start a makerspace replicator program,
> get makerspaces to build Printrbots for each other.
>
> The Prusa Mandel:
>
> $500 8x8x5.5 build envelope, includes all the parts except ones that
> can be printed.
> http://www.a2aprinter.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=42
>
> Available from a lot of places, here's a list on the wiki:
> http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_Buyers_Guide
>
> This is most economical, judging from the availability it looks to be
> the most popular.
>
> Strangely, the original Makerbot Thing-o-Matic doesn't seem to be for
> sale anywhere. They retailed at $1,100 anyway. There's a new, bigger
> one for $1,700 they're selling on the Makerbot website.
> http://store.makerbot.com/replicator-404.html
>
> So we can talk about how much DIY we want to do, see if we can get in
> contact with another makerspace that already has a 3d printer, see if
> they can help us replicate it for us :) I think doing it
> collaboratively would be the most fun, and get some guys with
> experience to help us out.
>
> On the other hand, for $200 more I really like the printrbot, much
> cleaner design, 8"x8"x8" build envelope is the biggest, the Makerbot
> Replicator is ~9"x6"x6"
>
> Printrbot is largely laser cut wood construction, so we could do it a
> lot cheaper if we collab with the fab lab and buy the parts seperately
> - but there's not anything on the wikis i can find about people who
> have already done so, so we'd be first adapters with this guy.
>
> Totally different topic but it came across in my Singularity Hub
> newsletter and I thought I'd share:
>
> There's this guy, an open source DIY robot. We could play with gesture
> recognition and autonomous navigation.
> http://singularityhub.com/2012/05/01/want-a-robot-at-home-qbo-is-up-for-pre-order/
>
> Lot's to talk about, hope this helps.
>
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