The Peachy Printer: First $100 3D Printer & Scanner!

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Rylan Grayston is an inventor and entrepreneur with a dream of making the 3D printer as cheaply and as common in the home as a standard ink jet printer. His KickStarter project is half way to its financial goal and manufacturing should start in about two months. Thanks to forum member Wine for the link. :cool:
 
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I'm going to be able to build a gun now on the cheap! WOOO!!

Anyone see the new Elementary? It had this this type of stuff in it, almost had me laughing.
 
I'm sure this would be nice for fancy little gizmos, but for anything that has to be pretty solid you'd have to use another material I'm guessing.
 
Stopped watching after the horrible techno music started.

I still don't believe the practicality of 3D printing beyond making paperweights.
 
Megalith said:
Stopped watching after the horrible techno music started.

I still don't believe the practicality of 3D printing beyond making paperweights.
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yeah, I don't think this "internet" thing is going to catch on either
 
3D printing is the beginning of a research process in which the end result is a replicator.

That end goal aside, I see a lot of applications I personally would use a 3D printer for.

Now for some 3D printable, nano meta-materials to be used in creative and amazing ways, this resin and plastic medium is going to be replaced.
 
Oh hey!! It could be Clone a Willy version 2.0!!

I'm sure porn will be made out of this eventually.
 
I did a presentation in college about this stuff 10 years ago. Back then it was called stereo lithography because there wasn't a need yet for a simplified cultural term.

But I saw the future then. And I see the future still.

3D printing is the beginning of a research process in which the end result is a replicator.
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This is absolutely correct. Eventually they will figure out multi-material, and we will see some very cool stuff "downloaded" at home or at local facilities.
 
I read that as preachy printer. That didn't sound like a good thing to me lol

Cool concept. It is nice to see more ways to get this type of technology out to people.
 
Exavior said:
I read that as preachy printer. That didn't sound like a good thing to me lol

Cool concept. It is nice to see more ways to get this type of technology out to people.
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You really shouldn't let your house get this messy! *prints a tiny broom*
 
westrock2000 said:
I did a presentation in college about this stuff 10 years ago. Back then it was called stereo lithography because there wasn't a need yet for a simplified cultural term.

But I saw the future then. And I see the future still.



This is absolutely correct. Eventually they will figure out multi-material, and we will see some very cool stuff "downloaded" at home or at local facilities.
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Stereo Lithography is a different method. It uses lasers to solidify a layers out of a pool of liquid material. The resulting product is generally fragile and has the consistency of a light fibrous composite material like balsa wood or paper mache done in to larger thicknesses.
 
3d printing will replace almost all other methods of manufacturing once they figure out how to print with carbon nano fibers, until then it will mostly be used to supplement current methods.


Look up carbon nano tubes, they are going to change the world in the same way discovering metal did. Truly amazing.
 
That looks so freakin' cool.

But man... what would I do with one, and would I want that pro one, that isn't 100 bucks.
 
I don't know much about 3D printers, but I was impressed with his video because he very concisely said what he did, and MOST importantly why it was different from other tries and exactly why it cost less. Whether that is all true or not I have no idea.
 
As poor as I am, I would so pay under $100. for a 1/2 (well even 1/3) decent 3-d printers.

Then, I'd be bugging Blizz and every other game maker in creation to be able to print my characters.

I am a firm believer that it is only going to be the store for most small household things.

Honey, can you pick up a 5-gal tub of Soylent Resin #5, oh and 2 # each colors 5, 12, and 73. I want to make a new set of toys for Jr for his birthday... I already have 3 generic circuit boards made.

On a more serious note, I think building circuits / boards will be the only hurdle to make most household items. Even if no one figures out how to print ic boards/parts cheap, a few more more low cost products like the rasberi pi will take care of that, from toaster to fridge, even a new modem/router I see the pi being able to handle it.

Now a loom/frabricator for clothing and then there will be public domain vs purchased patterns.

I bet the patterns will be sold cheap(ish) by the use and for a more steep price unlocked and unlimited usage (personal/household only).

Some items I bet will be a free download but require special part/color #105 to be built or look right.

I see this as a huge win for the consumer, for the world. I see corner 3D-Kwik-Printey-Marts for big stuff. Most everything will be recyclable, and if things can be salvaged and melted at home most people will really do it.

I would hope that a lot of our production and exports would go hand-made items. This would be what everyone wants now.

What does everyone else think (in-a-nice, but you dont have to agree with me kind of way)?
 
Megalith said:
I still don't believe the practicality of 3D printing beyond making paperweights.
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nobody ever told you the original name of 3d printers did they?

rapid prototyping.

they were invented for engineering. i'll let your imagination take care of the rest.
 
Megalith said:
Stopped watching after the horrible techno music started.

I still don't believe the practicality of 3D printing beyond making paperweights.
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Then you would be wrong. 90% of the functional prototypes I build all use some form of 3D printing. Be they SLA, FDM, or SLS processes. You can choose to not believe that, but the reality of it would be in direct anathema to your beliefs.
 
As someone who works in the field of Rapid Prototyping (SLA R&D), I can say that this guy has some very neat ideas. Doing away with the elevator and platform completely and using a saltwater based system is ingenious. If he can truly get 1/1000 inch part accuracy (and judging from his sidewall quality I'm doubting he can) we may be on to something ground breaking.

Also, building your own galvos out of metal wire and a magnet is some McGuyver stuff. I love it.
 
Only around 4hrs left to pick one of these up for those interested or considering this relatively low cost 3D printer/scanner.

Also has new flexible and wiggly resins available, as well as a mount and reservoir kit.
 
A lot of my family and friends are starting to now read/hear about 3D printing. They don't realize just how much 3D printing will change humanity when the end result hits.
 
dderidex said:
Awesome fun when gaming begs to disagree with you.
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Sooo, glorified paper weights? :p

I still don't see a huge benefit to 3D printing in homes. Benefit to industry? Hell yeah. Of course, it's a wonderful for engineers and designers and has been for years already. But in my own home? Not really seeing the benefit.

There's the dream that maybe one day we could all have awesome 3D printers and companies could just give us designs to print ourselves... but I think the fact of the matter is that, just like it's always been, companies will be able to mass produce cheaper and better quality than we can do in the home and if you want a 3D printer that is actually useful (for printing something like a new car), you're going to be paying huuuuuuuge amounts that won't make it worth while.
 
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