The MakerBot Replicator: Makes Whatever You Want
MakerBot introduces their new desktop 3D printer.
The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! The MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box. Starting at $1749, The MakerBot Replicator™ is an affordable, open source 3D printer that is compact enough to sit on your desktop. Want to print in two colors? Choose the Dualstrusion™ option!
Send your 3D files to this machine, it starts “printing” it from a spool of ABS plastic (same as LEGO material) … that’s pretty much it.
The spool costs about $50 per.
This model can scale up to the size of a loaf of bread but otherwise, whatever your 3D file looks like, that’s what your final object will look like …
There are larger scale options or even a cake decoration nozzle …
So, now you can complete your CARS collection with as many Pitty’s, fans and haulers as you want …
You just need some 3D files … 🙂
You can find ordering instructions here at Makerbot.
Makerbot – Make it So!
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12 January 2012
5 Comments
Somebody make me a ‘Mitch’ hauler for my Showstoppers.
I would rather have the replicator from the Enterprise. One chocolate sundae, please. Now THAT would be awesome!!
Ha. Got to ♥ the disclaimer from the site:
DISCLAIMER. OUR PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLY KITS MAY BE USED BY EXPERIENCED, SKILLED USERS, AT THEIR OWN RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY, RISK, LIABILITY AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM ASSEMBLY OR OPERATION OF OUR PRODUCTS
Pair it up with a NextEngine 3D laser scanner (about $3000) and you can scan in an existing sculpt, alter some details and print it back out. 3D service bureau printers can print in metal directly or you can use the plastic MakerBot models to use in a ‘lost wax’ process.
http://www.nextengine.com/
Awesome! 😎