Prototype samples are done. One tray (42peices) takes 12 hours to print/build. Almost ready for San Francisco!

Interesting prototyping process that starts with a drawing or design in Solidworks. From there the design is sent to the 3-D printer where extruded plastic rope on spools is fed through the printer, heated (Hot-Do Not Touch) to put down on the plate. The head of the printer is similar to a plotter, it moves in all directions to deliver the plastic print material or fill material one layer at a time to the plate where your product comes to life. Enjoy

Perry, any comments or info on the 3-D printer?

Thanks for looking!


Drawing and rendering done in Solidworks

Sent to the 3-D printer (Looks like R2-D2)

Printing away, laying down plastic layers with the plotter-like head


The finished product ready for packaging and distribution.

Thanks for looking. Fyi, yes Patent Pending! :-)

1 comment:

Perry said...

The only thing I would add to the 3D printer description is think of it as like a hot glue gun that is computer controlled. For the overly curious, go here, dimensionprinting.com