We’ve seen quiet a few 3D printers on Kickstarter over the last few months but this guys a little different. Instead of selling complete machines, the Maxifab is more of a framework so you can build a machine any size you want. With 18 days to do they have less than $1,000 to reach their goal. Check it out on Kickstarter
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Maxifab – DIY 3D Printer Framework
March 28, 2012 Comments are closed Australian startup Beehive – crowd funding 3D printed eyewear
Australian startup Beehive are crowd funding a “design your own 3D printed eyewear” interface.
The Beehive team of industrial designers and engineers (including Engineers Without Borders founder Daniel Almagor) are branching into online design interfaces.
The website, which is under development , will let anybody jump into the design process, creating a unique eyewear design that will be 3D printed.
“We were inspired by the Spore Creature Creator to make eyewear design fun and intuitive”, said Adam Long, co-founder of Beehive.
“You can change the shape, style, and pattern of the eyewear and then upload an image or text to emboss into the frames.”
“You can even upload an image of yourself to try on the style. When you’re ready, hit “go” and we 3D print them for you.”
3D printing is an exciting rapid manufacturing technology that was made famous by an Economist article earlier in the year showing a 3D printed working reproduction of a Stradivarius violin.
“When you print on paper the ink has a tiny bit of height above the page. If you printed the same thing on the same page again and again it would stack up. So instead of ink, we use plastics and metals to create amazing new objects – including eyewear!” said Adam.
Awesome First Print Video – BFB3000
Just received a very cool video response to the the 3D Printers Australia Rapman V3.1 build video. The guys from 3D-Model.ch have made this quirky little video of themselves unpacking and their brand new BFB3000 3D printer and producing their first print so check it out!
3D Printers Australia Community Page on Facebook!
Like the 3D Printers Australia Page on Facebook!!
3D Printers Australia is now running a community Facebook page based around everything to do with 3d printing, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing and 3d scanning. All of the post from www.3d-printers.com.au will be featured and it a great place for the readers to get involved. So Like the facebook page and stay up to date with the latest news in 3D Printing via your facebook stream!!
First ever 3D Printed Plane
A team of aeronautical engineers from the University of Southampton are demonstrating the first fully 3d printed plane. The team believes that with the aid of 3D printing Unmanned Aircraft (UAVs) will be able to transform from design to reality in a matter of days.
“With 3D printing we can go back to pure forms and explore the mathematics of airflow without being forced to put in straight lines to keep costs down,” Andy Keane .
3D-Printers.com.au on ABC Radio tonight!
Regular 3D Printers Australia blogger Chris Peter can be heard discussing all things 3D Printers and alike from about 9:00pm tonight on ABC radio with Robbie Buck.
Welcome our new contributor – Chylld
We’d like to welcome a new contributor to www.3D-printers.com.au! Most people will know him as an active member of Thingiverse and also the BFB forums under the avatar ‘Chylld’ however we know him as Jonathan Wong. Jonathan is a very active member of the Rep rap community and has really push the boundries of his BFB Rapman 3D printer. He has redesigned the coner block assemblies to be 3D printed in one piece which make the unit faster to assemble and much stronger, and he has designed his own set of extruder driving gears which make the machine run much quieter. Please join us in welcoming Chylld to the team and we look forward to his contributions to this site!
1st Pacific Additive Manufacturing Forum – 7th June – Melbourne
Additive Manufacture (AM), also referred to as 3D printing, is now playing an ever increasing role in a range of industries such as the aerospace, automotive, medical and defence because of the many benefits it offers compared to traditional subtractive technologies. The 1st Pacific Additive Manufacturing Forum (PAMF) aims to bring together industry professionals, engineers, researchers, and equipment and material suppliers to hear the latest developments and trends in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology from international speakers and local industry players. The one-day Forum in Melbourne will serve as the opening for half day presentations in Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane organised in partnership with the Defence Materials Technology Centre.
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Future of Rapid Prototyping
Scott Summit introduces students to the world of rapid prototyping
Scott Summits talks with students about the current and future state of rapid prototyping. Scott discusses all the individual elements of rapid prototyping process from 3D scanning to parametric modeling and 3D printing. Scott also points out that not all of these technologies have to be expensive and shows both ends of the scale, from a $2000 open source FDM rapid prototyping machine to an $800,000 SLM rapid prototyping machine.
Theo Jansens Strandbeests are replicating!
Theo Jansen, famous for creating his beach creatures better know as strandbeests, has scaled down his creations and opened them up for people to adopt using the Shapeways 3D printing service. The little buggers are amazing to watch in motion.. Continue Reading →
