OpenSCAD & 3D Printing

[Uncle Gizmo]

I have been an got myself a 3D Printer! This 3D Printer has been taking up a lot of my spare time, has come to the fore now as my hobby so you may have noticed I'm spending less time here.

You can download objects for printing from many places, the main one being thingiverse here: however you can have a lot more fun by creating objects yourself with software, one I particularly like is called OpenSCAD and it is free!

I have started a small website basically to explain to VBA programmers how to programme in OpenSCAD I am by no means an expert in OpenSCAD however I hope I can give good pointers to any other VBA programmer who wants to follow in my footsteps. Any comments, criticisms, observations are welcome!

My OpenSCAD website is here:
https://sites.google.com/site/openscad/Downhome

and My 3D Printer website HERE:
https://sites.google.com/site/carbootreprap/

 

[Lightwave]

Good stuff GIZMO I'm really interested in this.

Have you tried any of the 3D Print services for bigger / more exotic material things?

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

This is the one I brought:

That picture looks a little squashed...

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

>>>Have you tried any of the 3D Print services for bigger / more exotic material things?<<<

No, looks expensive for big stuff....

I want to make one of these next:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buhjfMHRTnE

More:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYs6jASd_Ww

and More:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od5GqSPq0cQ

 

[Lightwave]

What's the advantage of that one over the Rep Rap?

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

What's the advantage of that one over the Rep Rap?

Oh! It's sexy! Simpler, better, gorgeous, a work of art... Gives me lignite..

Joking aside, it is a very nice looking machine, the Rostock, the work peace does not move, like on XYZ machines, this has significant advantages when printing larger items.

It appears that it has a much faster print speed, I have seen quotes of 800 millimetres per second, the videos I've seen show it working out what appears to be a much faster rate than my existing printer.

I won't really be able to make useful comments about the differences until I have used one. The other thing that looks interesting to me is there's a lot of height available, in other words it will be easy to fit long thin extruder mechanisms. long and thin is a much better shape for them; in other words you can keep the hot and cold parts further apart.

 

[iprint21]

Hello Gizmo,
I appreciate your interest in 3D printing. Iam also enthusiastic about 3D printing. I have been using 3Dstuffmaker printers nearly one year. It is very interesting to work with it. The links you shared is very useful to know about objects for 3D printing. Thank you

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Hi iprint21,
>>>The links you shared is very useful to know about objects for 3D printing<<<

Thanks for your Comment....

This Google+ (G+) community was formed just a few days ago .... I thought it may be of interest....

https://plus.google.com/communities/117814474100552114108

Cheers Tony

 

[iprint21]

Thank You Mr. Gizmo. I became a member of the 3D printing community in Google Plus