Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Jan 19 22:22:11 CST 2013
Ha ha ha. Wow that Kitchen is incredible. Do you have any idea how long the 3D printing would take? My friend produced a set of two helical cut gears in plastic, for his electric car and it took his printer over 3 hours to run. 1. The program that my friend uses to design his CAD objects is called OpenSCAD at http://www.openscad.org/ and again you have to follow terminal instructions to install it on your Ubuntu computer. After designing graphic and it looks good on the screen you can save the object as a STL file. 2. To translate the CAD STL file to CNC (Computer Numeric Control) code, which is standard for all robotic or automated machinery programming, you have to install and use a program called Pronterface at https://github.com/kliment/Printrun . You just download the ZIP file from GitHub and if my memory serves me well, on you Ubuntu Linux box, it will self-extract and install. (If this is not the case there are instructions within the zip file which will explain everything) The resulting file is G-Code which is then printed to your printers USB...something like 2500 baud...and so on...there are text files explaining it all. The resultant control file is written in simple text so it can be edited directly so you can change the temperature (top line is text file) of the extruding plastic...different types need different temperatures. (Interesting, enough the Pronterface is written in Python. It is amazing where it is being used.) There are some other things to consider but it is most what is needed. If you decide to go that route I can give you my friend's email and you guys can go from there. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:22 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cool marketing: Nokia Releases 3D Print Files For Lumia 820 Smartphone. Got A 3D Printer? Custom Print Your Own Removable Shell Hi Jim -- Good news. BTW here is a good site to test your 3D designs readiness for 3D printing: http://willit3dprint.com/ I'd need (to rent) a bigger 3D printer probably - for starters I'd like to "3D print" kitchen furniture facades - something like the following :) http://www.classic-mebel.com/galg-22.htm The above *standard* set costs ~USD10,000 (ten thouzand) here (the price on web site (~USD4000) is incorrect, I have called that company), if I'd like to make some special shaping it could become much more expensive - with "3D priting factory" making such a kitchen furniture facades of any shape should be considerably cheaper I hope. -- Shamil Суббота, 19 января 2013, 12:10 -08:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >A friend of mine confirms that this is not Sci-Fi but a reality...he has a >3D printer. It is a Riprap printer and sell from $350 to $500 and of course >supplies and graphic program (free from Linux) are extra. > >http://www.indiegogo.com/SeeMeCNC-H-1 > >It does require a specific type of plastic very resilient to pressure and >heat and even then the gun can only be fired a limited number of times. > >It is amazing that you could build a gun factory in your living room >starting at $350...producing guns that could not be detected in a metal >scanner. > >Jim ><<< skipped >>> _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com