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Originally Posted by Thunder910
Hi all!
I'm taking a Project Lead the Way course of Engineering Design, and our class is trying to get a 3D Printer to help with our rapid prototyping for the class. Part of this proposal is trying to find other ways it can be used around the school, and I, being an avid FIRSTer, mentioned that I had read about applications for 3D printing on robots from the all-important Chief Delphi.
So I was assigned to ask you all about them.
I know I've read threads about the applications of 3D printers, and that those threads already exist, but I want to know about the printers themselves.
How did you get one (Is it your sponsors', your school's, your team's, etc.)?
What model is it?
What can it do? (Features- multicolor printing, what materials does it print in?)
What features do you find essential for making parts for robots?
What other uses do you find for the machines?
If you want to include bits about some special ways you use 3D printed parts, that'd be cool, but I've read a lot about them already.
Thanks!
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We recently got most of the DC Public School robotics teams Makerbot Replicator 2s. We started with the 6 PLTW engineering schools as an easy justification, and added in the 4 other schools with robotics. They have been used for a variety of projects, but not yet used on an FRC robot. Some things made have included parts for a quad copter, camera/Arduino enclosures, and cell phone cases. They only have one colour at a time, but we got multiple colours they can switch around the feed. They will be used in the PLTW engineering classes by non FRC students as well as FRC students.
It's really cool to talk about an idea with students, and then have them put something in your hand the next week.
Wetzel