3-D printing getting more accessible

[sjordan2]

Build a desktop 3-D printer kit to make pieces up to 5" per side, starting at $1,299.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/arts/design/makerbot-is-a-new-3-d-printer.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=arts

http://www.makerbot.com/

[Aaronw]

That is funny, I was just talking about 3d printers in Cranky's should they / shouldn't they kit announcement thread.

It looks like they have advanced the level of kit from last year, that one was definately a skill level 5. It looked like a pile of wires, circuit boards and other misc bits. This looks more like a real kit.

[Lownslow]

very awesome and within real close reach for model builders

size isnt bad either

Edited May 14, 2011 by Lownslow

[seeker589]

This is the shizznit!

Now if I could just figure out CAD and be effective/efficient enough at CAD to prototype some parts!

[sjordan2]

  On 5/14/2011 at 9:36 PM, seeker589 said:

This is the shizznit!

Now if I could just figure out CAD and be effective/efficient enough at CAD to prototype some parts!

According to the article, you can use Kinect, (an inexpensive 3-D scanner and Xbox accessory), as a replicator to digitize your prototypes. Don't ask me how it all works, I'm just a messenger.

[stewart]

That is amazing. What a huge leap forward.

STewart