[Imc-makerspace] Makerspace 3d printer

[jamesrh]

Hope to see you all at the makerspace at 7:00 tonight to fire up the 3D
printer!

    James H.
On Oct 29, 2012 8:51 PM, "jamesrh" <jamesrh at gmail.com> wrote:

> As Gergana announced in her last email, we will be celebrating the first
> prints from our 3d printer on Wednesday Nov. 7 at 7:00pm and demoing how to
> use it.  Everyone come down to the space, and if you want to, BYO Beverage
> to toast with!
>
> Attached is a pdf with the main workflow for 3dprinting and some resources
> for finding objects to download or for designing your own. I'd suggest that
> everyone take a look at thingiverse.com and find something you would want
> to print.  If you want to dive in and make your own design, sketchup is a
> GUI CAD program with a reasonable learning curve, and OpenSCAD is awesome
> if you like to program.  On the pdf there are even two online 3d design
> websites where you can design something to print without even installing a
> program!  If you want to read more about it, there are basic tutorials at
> Solidoodle.com, and the reprap.org forums are full of all sorts of
> information, tips, and ongoing development.
>
> When you go to pick out or design an object to print there are some ways
> you can tell what is a well designed object that will print without
> trouble, and what will be more difficult.  The best objects for our printer
> are less than 6 inches in any dimension, are orientable to have a flat
> base, have overhangs of less than 45 degrees, and lack spindly unsupported
> bits or huge unsupported bridges.  All these things can be worked around,
> but to keep it simple and trivial to print, that's a good guide.  There is
> a tradeoff between vertical resolution, size, and speed of print, so if you
> are impatient, either find something small or decide to have the
> distinctive texture of additive fused deposition manufacturing.
>
> Here are some topics I thought of that might be fun to have meetings /
> hack sessions about.  What is everyone interested in doing?  What sorts of
> stuff sounds like fun?
> Solidoodle calibration and first print party
> Howto slice objects (SLic3r or SFACT/Skeinforge) and operate printer
> (pronterface)
> Firmware upgrading and Gcode details
> Downloading & sharing designs
> Sketchup, Blender, CAD programs howtos
> 2d Pictures → 3D models howto or 3D scanner build to scan our heads!
> Printing and building your own printer / mendal reprap
>
> Looking forward to 3d hacking at the Makerspace,
>
>    James H.
>
>
>
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