“3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution?” Forum at RiAus, Adelaide

Makerbot Replicator, image courtesy Makerbot Industries

DFEEST, Intel Labs, RiAus and Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) presented a forum and technical workshop about 3D printing on Feb 20th 2012 at RiAus in Adelaide. Speakers from Ponoko, Intel, UniSA and many more examined the impact these rapidly developing and increasingly affordable technologies are having on diverse areas, including creativity, education, industry and manufacturing. Continue reading

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The Replicator™ has arrived…..

Makerbot Replicator

The MakerBot Replicator™ has arrived at UniSA’s Mawson Lakes campus!  Continue reading

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Preparing for SheppArton Festival

In preparation for SheppArton Festival we have decided to print our own luggage tags as well as other specific items for the event.

This leads us to some rather technical problems of working out scale and ensuring the meshes are printable. Continue reading

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3D Printing Forum, RiAus, 20th Feb 2012 – Photos

Morning Presenters. Clockwise from top: Dave ten Have (Ponoko), Mark Thomson, Genevieve Bell (Intel Labs), Sivam Krish, Peter Schumacher (UniSA), Carolyn Anderson (DFEEST), David Chan (UniSA), Kristin Alford (Bridge8), Gavin Artz (ANAT), Jay Melican and Lucas Ainsworth (Intel Labs)

Morning presenters - clockwise from top left: David ten Have (Ponoko), Mark Thomson, Genevieve Bell (Intel Labs), Sivam Krish, Peter Schumacher (UniSA), Carolyn Anderson (DFEEST), David Chan (UniSA), Kristin Alford (Bridge8), Gavin Artz (ANAT), Jay Melican and Lucas Ainsworth (Intel Labs)

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Things we’ve printed

For our first attempts at printing, we tried out the Makerbot test cubes:

Warped cubes
Warped test cubes

We ended up with a selection of warped, distorted cubes.  Although frustrating, this was a useful part of the process of getting to know our ToM, as we had to learn how temperature fluctuations can affect the printing process.

3D printed whistle
Whistle

Our next attempt at printing was more successful, and we ended up with a fully functional whistle (the ToM prints the whole object including the internal ball in one go).

3D printed Angel
Angel

The main point of this angel is that it is entirely hollow and the walls are 1mm thick.

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The MakerBot Replicator™

Makerbot "The Replicator"

We at ANAT are very excited to see that Makerbot Industries have just released a new improved desktop 3D printer, the MakerBot Replicator™.  Continue reading

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3D printed Sydney Opera House

3D printed Sydney Opera House

The finish is a little disappointing on this print, the smooth curves of the sails are a bit too jagged for our liking.  Hopefully something that can be solved by some slight adjustments to the calibration of the Makerbot.

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We’re dreaming of a White Plastic Christmas

The first printed snowflake of the festive season.  We’re hoping it will be joined by many more.  Continue reading

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From conception to reality – how to 3D print.

The actual software process of 3D printing is relatively simple, so I have decided to show a very basic flow chart of how you can create an object.  Continue reading

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Gearing down for the holidays

With all the shifting and moving it seems our 3D printer has loosened up to just the right point to start printing at the lowest layer/highest resolution Continue reading

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