Introduction to 3D printing
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Introduction to 3D Printing@clinton_freeman
Overview
•House keeping
•Names
•Workshop structure
3D Printing Safety
• Ventilation
•Mind your fingers
Design to Object DEMO
Stereolithography
Selective Laser Sintering
Fused Deposition Modelling
•CNC - Computer Numerical Control
• 3-axis robotic printhead.
• Extruder
• Feeder
•Heated barrel
•Nozzle
Materials• ABS
• The stuff lego bricks are made from
• Recyclable
• Melts 105°-115°c
• PLA
• Bioplastic!
• Smells like popcorn?
• Melts 160°-170°c
PVA - Polyvinyl Alcohol
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqhBmNyvNhQ
Design - FreeCAD
Design - Blender•Open Source
• FreeCAD
• Blender
• Free or cheap:
• Autodesk 123D
•Google SketchUp
Design - AutoDesk123D
Design - SketchUp
Design stores
• PirateBay - https://thepiratebay.se/browse/605
• Cubify Store - http://cubify.com/store/index.aspx
• Thingiverse - http://www.thingiverse.com/
• Shapeways - http://shapeways.com/
Consumer Printers - Cube
Consumer Printers - MakerBot
Consumer Printers - RepRap
Consumer Printers - PrintrBot
Media Credits• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Stereolithography_apparatus.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Selective_laser_melting_system_schematic.jpg
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqhBmNyvNhQ
• http://www.blender.org/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=uploads%2Fpics%2Fblender_screenshot0_03.png&width=800m&height=600m&bodyTag=%3Cbody%20style%3D%22margin%3A0%3B%20background%3A%23fff%3B%22%3E&wrap=%3Ca%20href%3D%22javascript%3Aclose%28%29%3B%22%3E%20%7C%20%3C%2Fa%3E&md5=3aad7f40ca5603641650a3e9f1734b91
• http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/321000/321734/autodesk-123d-35.jpg
• http://eagleup.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/screenshot-sketchup-demo-board.png
• http://randommization.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cubify-cube-3D-printer.jpg
• http://reprap.org/mediawiki/images/4/4a/Assembled-prusa-mendel.jpg
• http://vaultmultimedia.com/printrbot/wp-content/blogs.dir/57/files/printrbot/img_0097.jpg
Coming up...
• Print your own 3D toy
• Build your own 3D printer
One more thing
• Feedback
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DIYTech