The joys of 3D printing


This lecture on “3D printing” will outline the various 3D printing techniques in general and the printing with printers such as the Open Source MakerBot in particular.

No experience needed.

Synchronicity Hackathon

We will be having synchronicity hackathon on 15th and 16th of May. Starts around 12ish, please come along and check it out what projects people are working on.

Here are a few that some members will be working on:

Makerbot, its a 3d printer that prints ABS plastic into anything in 10×10 format. Bring along your cad drawings and print some stuff.

Building x0xb0x sound box

http://www.ladyada.net/make/x0xb0x/index.html

Home made weather station

And anything else you want to work on, come along just just contact us and let us know what day you are coming Contact Tog

TOG’s MakerBot

TOG now are a proud owner of a 3d Printer. Lets start to make some nice projects.

Spent almost 2 days building it and getting it to work with a few small changes made with extra washers. Also added in extra screw behind main Rep Rap board to hold board, had to put away from plastic from power connector to get in nut.


Makerbot Gallery