Artisan's Asylum has both a MakerBot (~$1200 3D printer from a kit) and a uPrint SE Plus (~$400/month lease).<div><br></div><div>The Artisan's Asylum teaches classes in 3D printing from time to time that will get you up and running; in general, though, an .STL file from Google SketchUp or Solidworks will Just Work on the uPrint.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Jack Coats <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jack@coats.org">jack@coats.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Tom Metro <<a href="mailto:tmetro%2Bhhacking@gmail.com">tmetro+hhacking@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> We hear a lot about 3D printing these days. Anyone here with hands-on<br>
> experience? Does AA have a 3D printer?<br>
><br>
><br>
> $300 3D Printer<br>
> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/28/is-the-300-3d-printer-finally-here-makible-thinks-so/" target="_blank">http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/28/is-the-300-3d-printer-finally-here-makible-thinks-so/</a><br>
><br>
> MakiBox is a riff on the open source RepRap 3D printer that fits a<br>
> print head and motor inside a box about the length and width (but not<br>
> the thickness, silly) of a sheet of paper. The MakiBox kit will start<br>
> at $350 while an assembled kit will cost $550.<br>
><br>
> The question remains, however: do we need 3D printers on our desks? If<br>
> not now, when?<br>
><br>
><br>
> A Look at 3D Printing and Open Source<br>
> <a href="https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/542928:a-look-at-3d-printing-and-open-source" target="_blank">https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/542928:a-look-at-3d-printing-and-open-source</a><br>
> Arthur C. Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is<br>
> indistinguishable from magic." And it's still magical when you<br>
> understand how it works. 3D printers are here, they're cool, and there<br>
> is a large and enthusiastic open source 3D printer movement.<br>
> ...<br>
> Maybe someday, instead of making little architectural models, a giant<br>
> unit will drive up to a building site and spit out a complete<br>
> structure.<br>
><br>
> Not hard to imagine a printer that uses concrete as its medium to<br>
> "print" buildings.<br>
><br>
> The open source printers we're going to look at spin out a melted<br>
> plastic filament that comes off spools, which gives the finished item<br>
> a woven appearance... Open source 3D printing is still in the hacker<br>
> realm. There are no prefab personal open source 3D Printers; you have<br>
> to build from kits or from scratch.<br>
><br>
> Obsolete by the above announcement.<br>
><br>
> After a good intro, the article loses steam once it gets down to the<br>
> specifics, spending just two paragraphs covering available printers, and<br>
> one covering the software. It mentions RepRap, Thing-O-Matic, and<br>
> Makerbot Replicator for printers, and ReplicatorG for software, and<br>
> Thingiverse and Google 3D Warehouse as model repositories.<br>
><br>
> -Tom<br>
<br>
</div></div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/01/concrete_building_printers/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/01/concrete_building_printers/</a><br>
or<br>
<a href="http://contourcrafting.org" target="_blank">contourcrafting.org</a><br>
or<br>
<a href="http://youtu.be/-yv-IWdSdns" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/-yv-IWdSdns</a><br>
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