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Re: 3d printers and robots

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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee View Post
I have been trying to find some photos of a full-on OpenBeam Mendel (http://www.hive76.org/modified-mende...ing-wednesday), with only the injection molded OpenBeam components used for framing. This would allow you to build up from components without the need for a 3D printer to make the framing components.
Sorry for digging up a old post. Having been to Hive76 when that Mendel unit was there, it's a nice setup. There also were some specialty heads for it (to print sugar), but that's more of a novelty thing. Unfortunately, the person who had it got a job out of state and moved, so that's not at Hive76 anymore (here's a piece about his work). I'll poke around and see if I can come up with a few pics.

I will say that the MakerBot Replicator 2 is really nice, I've had the opportunity to see one in person and in action. A prof here at temple has one, and uses it to make mounting brackets for a few sensors (among other things). It's just about as good as the Statasys printer that the engineering dept has (minus the Stratasys having a full oven). EDIT: didn't realize the Makerbot printed PLA. It's a nice setup, but other than that probably not really useful as much in a robotics application.

Just my $00.2
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