Hobbyist 3D Printing Basics

HOBBYIST 3D PRINTING BASICS

John Abella

Basics

Additive process, not subtractive. We build up material in the exact shape,

rather than carving the piece out of a larger block.

Additive = less waste, less mess

Basics

Subtractive Additive

Basic Types

Fused Desposition Granular Material + Binder Photopolymer

Fused Deposition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FDM_by_Zureks.png

Plastic Types

Common:ABS (Lego plastic)PLA (Biodegradable, corn-based)

Uncommon:PVA NylonHIPSPolycarbonate

How Much?

Kits:$600 or less: Solidoodle / PrintrBot

$1500 or less: Ultimaker / MakerGear M2 / Type A – Series 1 / 3D Systems Cube / Afinia Type H

$2200 or less: MakerBot Replicator 2

But there’s another option…

Print Your Own

RepRap.org

Print Your Own

RepRap.org

2007

Print Your Own

RepRap.org

2009

Print Your Own

RepRap.org

2010

Print Your Own

RepRap.org

2012

Software

Design software:Free: Sketchup, Inventor FusionOpen Source: Blender, OpenSCADPaid: Alibre, Q-Cad, Solidworks

Operation Software:Free: MakerwareOpen Source: ReplicatorG, Slic3r, Pronterface,

Repetier HostPaid: NetFabb

Software

Software

Software

Lots more that we use regularly:MeshlabPleasant3DMeshmixerOmNomNomSkeinforge

Find Me

[email protected] www.abella.net @johnabella flickr.com/jabella