Fabbers

[XPlumpedXLipsXandXArsenicX]

I'd like to talk about fabber, but I don't want to explain them to EVERYBODY who asks. I't like a 3D printer, very cool Check them out at:

 

www.fab@home.org

[misty]

sounds and LOOKS kool!

[Van]

At present, obtaining the parts for a Model 1 will cost $2300 if you buy them from the vendors yourself, or a bit more if you order a complete kit from Koba

 

Hmmm...

 

Although the idea is quite clever, and the actual 'printed' objects look nice, I think

that a 'Fabber' in everyones home is just a bit unrealistic.

 

I just don't see your 'average Joe' scrounging up enough dough to buy this little charm.

 

Unless I was trying to do something specific, I would probably spend my money on something

a little more practical.

 

 

- ArceRC

- Van

[Ggadget]

Looks cool

 

what sort of materials can be used

 

I'd buy one if it got cheaper

[Van]

Looks cool

 

what sort of materials can be used

 

I'd buy one if it got cheaper

 

What materials can be used with a Model 1?

The 1-Syringe Tool of a Model 1 is designed to work with almost any kind of liquid or paste that you can imagine dispensing from a syringe. We have tried using household silicone rubber caulk, epoxy, cheese, chocolate (with a small heater attached to the syringe tool), cake frosting, ceramic clay (when mixed with sufficient water), PlayDoh, gypsum plaster. This is merely a list of the materials we have had time to play with - many, many more materials are possible, and it is the intent of Fab@Home to make it easy for you to try your own materials. A good material is soft/fluid enough to push through a syringe, but firm enough that it will "stack up". See the Model 1 User Manual for info on setting up a new material.

Well, it looks like anything it can use isn't really practical for building serious items.

 

 

- ArceRC

- Van

[foxxyD]

Interesting, yet not too practical. I'm sure at some point in the future, everybody will have one and they'll be as commonplace as an inkjet nowadays, but that might take a long time. For now, I really don't see too much of a use for em, at least in a mainstream market.

[Van]

Interesting, yet not too practical. I'm sure at some point in the future, everybody will have one and they'll be as commonplace as an inkjet nowadays, but that might take a long time. For now, I really don't see too much of a use for em, at least in a mainstream market.

 

Was it uncommon at one point for the average person to own an inkjet when they

first hit the market?

 

Was there a common household printer before the inkjet?

 

 

- ArceRC

- Van

[Doctor Steel]

I agree with Van on this one. In ten years, it may be possible to order, say, a mug design off the internet for your fabber. Put in a Fabbo-Matic © brand Fabber Material block, and hit the print button. Now, for $11.95, you have a mug. These days (in 2008), you order it... then wait 6 to 8 weeks for delivery. A fabber in every home would do the same thing as a printer in every home would.