[Novalug] OT: Access to a 3D printer

Derek LaHousse dlahouss@mtu.edu
Mon Apr 28 10:29:46 EDT 2014


It'd be really useful if there were an online store that would take
your 3-D models and ship you a really high quality object.  Maybe,
since they have a way of making shapes, they could call it
http://www.shapeways.com/

I'm imagining the webcam on the print head...  Whee!  Wheeeee!

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's not to far off.  The T-Max2 has rPi connectivity and can be managed
> via Bluetooth. So the webcam out be the missing link.
>
> But having run one now for a while, I would still be around the house while
> it was going.  They are never foolproof.
>
> On Apr 28, 2014 9:18 AM, "Roy Wilson" <roywilson1963@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>   It sounds like the first person to patent a 3D printer with internal
>> ethernet/bluetooth webcam to remote monitor the print job(s) will make a
>> fortune.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>> Yes. And you should go back and check on it every 10 minutes or so to
>>> make sure it hasn't gone crazy and started printing noodles or stopper
>>> extruding all together.
>>
>>
>>
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