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This is me holding a statue of a man. This statue was printed with my 3D printer and this is exactly how it comes out of the machine.
I have to remove all of the support structure to reveal the actual statue.
My website is www.printo3d.com and my photo gallery of parts is photos.printo3d.com
Need something printed? Let me know!
04-08-2007 08:34
KathieKI've never heard of 3D printing before. I went to your website and checked it out. This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.
04-08-2007 08:37
thefro526
3D printing is good stuff. I have a printer at my school an the only downside of it is breaking away all of the plastic that surrounds the image. Nice job though.
04-08-2007 10:56
Rich Kressly
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I've never heard of 3D printing before. I went to your website and checked it out. This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.
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04-08-2007 11:29
John Gutmann
Maybe it's just me but I don't see the man.........
Also isn't stereolithography with a laser in a vat of liquid. This is 3d printing.
-John
04-08-2007 17:43
Pat McCarthy
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Maybe it's just me but I don't see the man.........
Also isn't stereolithography with a laser in a vat of liquid. This is 3d printing. -John |
04-08-2007 18:34
Pavan Dave
We have one of those in our Intro to Engineering Design class...Its pretty neat but its all delicate...You can't do too much without the small parts breaking but the big parts are kind of sturdy. Neat though. Looks like my friend's chess piece. He forgot to dimension all of the parts and it ended up being like 2" diameter with 2 spots that had like .2" diameter so it broke before we even took it off the black board thing, except yours is the opposite.
04-08-2007 19:00
team222badbrad
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Maybe it's just me but I don't see the man.........
Also isn't stereolithography with a laser in a vat of liquid. This is 3d printing. -John |

04-08-2007 21:21
KathieKWell, I always say it's a good day when you learn something new! I told my husband today that if I were 30 years younger I'd definitely be studying CAD, CNC, and this kind of stuff.
04-08-2007 21:47
team222badbrad
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Well, I always say it's a good day when you learn something new! I told my husband today that if I were 30 years younger I'd definitely be studying CAD, CNC, and this kind of stuff.
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05-08-2007 00:34
johnrso, i send you how many pictures of our robot, and you charge me how much to send finished product back to us?
05-08-2007 00:52
team222badbrad
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so, i send you how many pictures of our robot, and you charge me how much to send finished product back to us?
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05-08-2007 07:14
Wayne Doenges
I took a Solid Works class at IVY tech. The teacher said if we get all the assignments done we could submit something for the 3D printer.
I was the only one who got everything done on time
Actually I was a full month ahead of the class. I bought the student version of Solid Works.
My 3D project was fairly simple. I made a Rook. But not just any Rook. This one had stairs leading to the front door, windows and ramparts. It stood about three inches high.
I got an A in the class.
05-08-2007 11:27
Andy Baker
We at AndyMark have used Brad's 3D printing services recently, and we loved his work. He is quick and reliable. If anyone out there needs their design proved out by having a 3D print made, Brad is your guy.
Andy Baker
05-08-2007 11:43
johnrwhat if i wanted a toy like copy of our robot. something to give out ,like an award. not alot of detail. maybe student could paint it. our bot has an arm. would model be to delicate to be holding a tube? could you work off pictures, or would you need cad? or do you think this would cost to much for a poor little first team?
05-08-2007 14:42
team222badbrad
johnr I sent you a private message about the robot model.
Wayne congrats on getting to 3D print your project! I would love to see a picture of it!
Andy thanks for those nice comments. I greatly appreciate when customers give me feedback good or bad! 
05-08-2007 14:47
Greg Marra
What is the ballpark price range on a rapid prototyped part? I'm completely unfamiliar with how much this actually costs, but I always come up with things I'd love to get printed. How much would something roughly the size of a softball cost?
05-08-2007 14:53
Rich Kressly
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Maybe it's just me but I don't see the man.........
Also isn't stereolithography with a laser in a vat of liquid. This is 3d printing. -John |
05-08-2007 15:02
Greg Needel
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What is the ballpark price range on a rapid prototyped part? I'm completely unfamiliar with how much this actually costs, but I always come up with things I'd love to get printed. How much would something roughly the size of a softball cost?
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06-08-2007 03:00
team222badbrad
Thanks for answering Greg.
My typical charge is $20/hour. This however is not a straight charge. Larger parts cost less per hour to print and smaller parts cost more to print an hour.
This is simply because the price would be very steep for long prints if it was a straight charge.
On top of the hourly charge I add in $5 for each cubic inch of material.
Also I add in shipping costs, build tray costs, etc.
Greg, actually the statue used has 7.78 cubic inches of model material and 10.7 cubic inches of support material. My cost for the material alone is about $100.
Greg, I'm also not sure how you got your total because it does not match your material and hourly charge.
I just edited and uploaded this video on how the break away support technology works, so enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fKToSeVkAAU
As always my prices are better than the competition and I may work out some great deals to FIRSTERS.
You will be surprised when you go to some of my competitors sites and see what they charge vs. what I charge.
cough cough www.redeyerpm.com or www.xpress3d.com
Trust me they charge an arm and a leg more than I do.
Please email printo3d@printo3d.com to discuss further pricing information.
07-08-2007 15:01
Erin Rapacki
I sometimes cheat with making flexible parts by 3D printing a cast/mold model and then fill the cavities with a rubber or plastic. There are many places to 3D print parts (google), its a matter of how much one is willing to spend. Also, figure out just how much support material the method of 3D printing leaves behind, it can be very time consuming to remove.
07-08-2007 16:07
AdamHeard
The college we machine at has one of these machines. It has been very useful over the year or so.... I even did my calculus project on it (modeling the revolution of the shaft made by a few equations); Most people had clay or posterboard things that were ugly and the 3d print was amazing.
Also, team 330 used the same machine last fall to prototype a transmission.
I've heard of a more advance version of this technology that can make more complex and thinner parts because the support material is water solluble so you don't have to go through the chipping away process.
07-08-2007 16:15
SgtMillhouse648We used one at a local university last year that used a real fine powder to print the part one fine layer at a time.
http://www.ems-usa.com/ZPrinter_310.html
Our school got a two week trial of a printer similar to the one you used. It worked excellent, and the school district just bought one for each of the high schools with project lead the way.
Great Job
Malhon
09-08-2007 04:32
team222badbrad
| I've heard of a more advance version of this technology that can make more complex and thinner parts because the support material is water solluble so you don't have to go through the chipping away process. |
11-08-2007 00:16
John Gutmann
@Brad do you recycle the waste product? (the break away material)
I think something like this may be a little more say "useful" in highschools for courses such as pltw simply because it seems easier. The students can take home the part to take the break away support material off. And for the simple part that student would make it would be nowhere near 25 hours of print time. If other schools are like my high school was the teacher could just let it run all day because there was always someone in the room Although I bet this is much safer to leave alone then a CNC mill with a running spindle speed of a few thousand RPMs. It is also probably more space efficient too, along with CLEANER. No wax chips all over. Not much setup time. Oh and also you don't need 2 classes to learn it all (1 for CAD and 1 for CNC software)
-John
EDIT: I looks like the size of a vending machine. Put this in the lunch room instead vending machines with fatty foods!
11-08-2007 00:54
EricVanWykWe have a "few" rapid prototyping machines at work. They make all the difference in the world when you can simply email a .stl to the machine shop and get your part back in a few hours (if it is short). Even better, as an EE I can hand a model of my circuit board to an ME and get a box back the next day
You really have to see what the higher end models can do. There is a demo piece in the machine shop - a bicycle 3 inches long. The wheels have treads, the handle bar turns the front wheel, and the back wheel spins. Gorgeous. I _think_ that that one has sub thou tolerances.
If you can't get access to a 3D, a 2D can do some cool things to (they just need a little love). Try castleating some polycarb. Looks great.
In any case, I hope this type of stuff becomes accessible to more FIRST teams. Thanks Brad for the cool pictures.
11-08-2007 19:13
team222badbrad
| @Brad do you recycle the waste product? (the break away material) |
40GB hard drive
13-08-2007 11:55
Qbranch
1024 has been using FDM for quite a while too. Over the years we've found theres places to use it and places to not use it.... but really it depends on an application by application basis....
Some of the best places we've found it useful are applications where items need to be feeded, such as poof balls for the aim high competition. If you'll remember, FDM could be found in the shooter wheels, shooter guards, feeder system, as well as the drive sprockets for the track drive.
The school we are located at (McKenzie Career Center) has a Stratasys FDM Maxum rapid prototyper (24x20x24" build size).
At the place where i work we looked at getting a smaller Dimension line FDM machine.... the price of the machine isnt what stopped it... its the material!
As stated in previous posts, it costs hundreds of dollars to make a part of any decent size.
Which reminds me... FDM'ers out there.... have any of you wondered if string trimmer line (which you can find in ABS as well as PC) would work as well? I mean... talk about a lower cost option... it might be a conspiracy!
...but then again who wants to risk their machine... hmm.
-q
17-08-2007 11:18
RogerA lower cost solution? (I found this website and immediately thought of this thread.)
Home built ~$500 machine with $0.37/pound material. But there is a BIG "yeah, but..." attached to these prices. (It's sugar!) 
I forgot to add that this "printing" is exciting. Wish I had it many moons ago building architectural models in college....
17-08-2007 13:30
Nuttyman54
There's also Fab@Home, which does some pretty pretty cool stuff for $2500 or so (less if you can scavenge parts). There's no way you could prototype robot parts with it, due to a lack of precision, but hey, you can print with chocolate, cheesewhizz, epoxy and other cool stuff. I've been looking into making a modified version of this and trying to up the precision.
17-08-2007 14:56
team222badbrad
I've been waiting for the release of this machine since I found out about it month ago.
There is a one page article in the Sept. issue of Pop Sci about it.
They predict each .1" layer will take 2 minutes to make!
I'm not sure if thats a typo, but that is very impressive if it can work that fast.

This is a quote from the article:
"fabricate for example, your own rubber watchband or iPhone case."
I've already done that!
www.printo3d.com/iphonecase.html
Here is a fab@home printing chocolate!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2speojl2P-Y
I broke the blade grips on my micro helicopter after a crash a few weeks ago.
This was the repair:
http://rchelimag.com/forum/attachmen...achmentid=2249
A 3D printing contest for CD may be in the works so stay tuned!
EDIT:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technol...cbccdrcrd.html
http://popsci.typepad.com/how20blog/...nters_gal.html
30-08-2007 03:40
team222badbrad
Just letting everyone know that I created a Youtube Channel for 3D printing.
www.youtube.com/printto3d
It has the same videos as my personal channel, but has all kinds of other favorited videos as well and is specific to 3D printing.
Let me know if you have any suggestions or improvements for it.
Please feel free to watch, subscribe, rate, and comment!
I was also sent this article: http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/21/tech...ion=2007082209
12-11-2007 05:52
team222badbrad
For those of you that are interested.
I have just uploaded 5 new videos this weekend about 3d printing.
www.youtube.com/team222badbrad
I will probably have many more videos to come as I just got a Canon TX1.
I like it so far!
Please let me know if you want to see a video of something! I need some ideas!
As stated in my last post I also have my www.youtube.com/printto3d channel, but I have yet to upload them to that channel.
27-01-2010 20:06
charlespaxAnyone ever hear of MakerBot? They make a 3D printer kit where you get to make your own 3D printer. My school has a 3D printer that cost $20000, but the MakerBot only costs like $950. I want to build one. 
27-01-2010 20:37
Brad Voracek
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/34285?
3d print of last years robot and painted.
It's awesome.
27-01-2010 20:41
John Gbrad V. swa this and thought it was going to be a 3d print of you wearing your orange ewok hat. I was kind of disappointed. . . .