06 November 2008

Got to Use the 3d Printer at Work

Well, I got to use the 3d printer for the first time at work.

Nothing major, just some wells for some tubes to sit in to see if we can adapt a device to a different configuration.

It's king of neat. The machine puts out 2 resins, one is water soluble, and is used to create the initial base on the plate where the other permanent resin, PE I believe, is extruded from the print head in very fine lines.

I'm making something about the size of about a sandwich, and it takes 13 hours to make it.

Unfortunately, the capabilities of a cell phone camera and camcorder do not really capture enough detail to show this as it appears in person.

It's wicked cool to watch.

Video below:


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