[Novalug] OT: Access to a 3D printer

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Mon Apr 28 18:26:37 EDT 2014


Man, talk about a good way to ruin a 3D printer, with a dry chem fire
extinguisher. :P

" ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all
damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
episode "The Drumhead"
- Alex Smith
- Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Jason Kohles <jkohles@palantir.com> wrote:

> Wouldn't matter, both times it happened in my kitchen.   ;)
>
> --
>
> Jason Kohles
>
> Palantir Technologies  | IT Site Engineer
>
> jkohles@palantir.com   | 703-957-5784
>
> From: "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" <shadowhunter@gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 5:07 PM
> To: Jason Kohles <jkohles@palantir.com>
> Cc: greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org>, Novalug <novalug@calypso.tux.org>
>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] OT: Access to a 3D printer
>
> Hopefully the fire extinguishers at the space use clean agents... :)
>
> " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all
> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
> episode "The Drumhead"
> - Alex Smith
> - Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Jason Kohles <jkohles@palantir.com>wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't sit and watch grass grow, but I also would never recommend
>> leaving a 3D printer unattended.  The MakerBot at Nova Labs has caught fire
>> before (twice, in fact)..
>>
>> It's less of an issue for machines that aren't made primarily of wood,
>> but it's still something to consider..
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jason Kohles
>>
>> Palantir Technologies  | IT Site Engineer
>>
>> jkohles@palantir.com   | 703-957-5784
>>
>> From: greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org>
>> Date: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 7:00 AM
>> To: Charles M Howe <cmhowe@patriot.net>
>> Cc: Novalug <novalug@calypso.tux.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Novalug] OT: Access to a 3D printer
>>
>> There are maker spaces around and if you have the formula (blueprints,
>> whatever you feed to the printer), getting it printed is possible. There is
>> no reason to sit there while it is printing unless you like "watching grass
>> grow or paint dry"
>> On Apr 27, 2014 8:10 PM, <cmhowe@patriot.net> wrote:
>>
>>> List,
>>>
>>> I can think of any number of things I could do with a 3D printer. Nothing
>>> spectacular, likd the feat that the Dutch University of Utrect Hospitals
>>> creating a skull that saved a young woman's life. Or the guy who was born
>>> without a left hand and who had a prosthetic device that cost about
>>> twenty
>>> thousand. Then somebody devised something that cost $640 and works
>>> better.
>>>
>>> I'm not going to be the person who attans heights like this. However, I
>>> have at least one marketable Most of the things I want to do are depend
>>> on
>>> proximity.  I live in Emeritus Manassas. The USPS address is 8341 Barrett
>>> Dr, Apt 225, Manassas, VA 20109.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
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