MakerBot: The 3D Printing Robot

[Vaysm]

@fusionacity Right now this is about the best it can do: watch?v=qQneU_87Nco

This interview really didn't do justice to the MakerBot.

Right now it's nto practical, but give it a few years, and you'll have something amazing.

[wheatifer]

Just want to suggest that if you have any money to invest in the stock market at all...SSYS and ADSK have risen steadily since summer...DDD is more stable...but if you can, invest in these 3-D printing companies. I did because I see them as long term winners...

[DEMIURGO21]

Anyone knows if it works fine with Autodesk Inventor, Rhino or Autodesk Autocad???? Wich one does it work with, the best???

Sorry about my bad english....

[GoshenCarnage]

@DEMIURGO21 it would probably work in autodesk inventor since you can "save copy as" and turn the file into any type of file

[stopcraponutube]

Still a bit too expensive a machine for me :(

[overlordKrunK]

Just wait until people start sharing kartell furniture over bittorrent =P

[KillerKahuna]

Haha no more putting down 50 extra dollars on a speical edition of a game to get a statue, I'll just download a model and print it. Things is, it doesn't have the same detail, but to be fair, by the time I go and get one of these the tech will have improved :D

[67bandit67]

1: $ 1300.00 and I have to put it together

2: $ 48.00 for 1k roll. So that little rocket cost him $100.00 bucks.

3: A 3d human head would cost roughly $5000.00

4: Screw this

[pcjwss]

@67bandit67 dude go and buy a 2kg steak and cook it. Then eat it and as you're eating it decided whether the rocket in this video is the same weight.

[destructomoviesco2]

her's what he said:

Fine. Me, and hate people that use translation programs. I love Japan! I also love anime. I hate the translation program. However, I love toast. My Japanese is bad. Yes. Why I love Japan? Japanese people in Japan anime Japanese cuisine. I like everyone in Japan! (I used WordMonkey Translator to translate this guys.)

[xSRGDarknessx]

I could print off Miku!!! Can it make stuff about 5 feet tall?

(Ya, I'm a weeaboo)

[MrNitt]

@xSRGDarknessx 僕も! *high fives

[xSRGDarknessx]

@MrNitt やった!!元気ですか？

[MrNitt]

@xSRGDarknessx 元気です。僕は、人が翻訳のプログラムを使うと嫌がる。

日本好きですよ！僕もアニメがすき。僕は翻訳のプログラムを嫌が­る。

しかし、トーストを愛して。僕の日本語は不良です。はい。

なぜ僕は日本好きか？日本のアニメも日本の料理も日本の人。僕は­皆で日本好きです！



[xSRGDarknessx]

@MrNitt LOLZ I barely know any Japanese. I had to use a translator to find out what you said too. XD I'm not even sure of what you said, cause translation programs aren't all that good.

[mayavi22]

I'd do the chick now plz. :-)

[zurechtweiser]

@mayavi22 You are pathetic. Even more pathetic makes you the smiley afterwards. I don't care about your answer.

[mayavi22]

@zurechtweiser Chill sweety.

[R00G00]

i just came here because i want his glasses.

[PaDzo06]

This video made me google and learn about Gutenberg.

[edlikestoboogie]

I just want to warn everybody reading this. That I purchased a MakerBot in Sept. 2010, and I built it, it worked for one print, then failed. MakerBot support is almost as horrible as the half ass wood design of the MakerBot. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Also if you already bought a MakerBot, threaten to sue Bre Pettis and MakerBot, and Bre will refund your money in full, and you can keep the MakerBot, for a free machine. Thats what I did. and I recommend it.

[edlikestoboogie]

Be aware! Makerbot is very shotty in design. The quality of this printer is not worth $1000. AVOID!. If you want a better RepRap clone, look for the A1 technologies RapMan, or look at Purple Platypus 3d Printers.

[Brismo7]

Him: This is the guttenberg press

Her: haha... uhhh... hah... whaa???

[PowerhouseDrew14]

what if these things went crazy and starting printing out miniature armies that attacked its creators and mass produced makerbot armies to take over the world..

[PrincessTS01]

this is neat

[dizza213]

the reporter is so hot!

[felipipi]

GUYS THIS IS THE BORN OF TELETRANSPORTATION !!! Could you imagine in the future a machine like this one making objects of any material in seconds??? ( except humans ) you could take a 3d picture and email it to the moon.

[TheFinemann]

The dudes are using Ubuntu!

[felipipi]

@TheFinemann well done !

[ZeldaPhobia]

It's like the Replicator from StarTrek.

[mujrfster1234]

*TYPES IN RELAY FAST TO ADDRESSBAR makerbot.com* *CLICKS STORE* *CLICKS BUY 1000000**.????????* *PROFIT!!*

[WW2MODELBUILDER]

"silly string" sorry

[WW2MODELBUILDER]

every one who is considering this , don't . if you must have a 3d printer , save your money up and get a real one that works right . base models are 2,500 and up . the more you spend the better results you get. honestly how anyone can pay 900 bucks plus for a silly sting machine is beyond me. like P.T. BARNUM said "there's a sucker born every minute" . Good luck with that guys ! that tin tin rocket is a prime example of how useless it is.

[WW2MODELBUILDER]

i know you didnt design the cup cake , you don't have any talent. as for a machine that layers a string of melted plastic in the general shape of some thing ,eew. I have a friend who's still tryin to put his bot together. one weekend my ass , he has no life and has been at it for two weeks. he bought the ultimate kit , shit doesn't fit , he has to solder crap together .I told him it was a waste of money and send it back but he want's to finish it so it's full sized when he shoves it up your ass!

[felipipi]

@WW2MODELBUILDER what a lazy excuse !

[lluhu]

Hi guys, any of you have the makerbot machine that warms plastic in London or nearby? Im doing a research project in digital fabrication and I need to use it before buying it? I can pay of course for the help! Thanks!

[PebbyRockopolis]

@DontVlogandDrive it's worse

[Dboss214]

You guys are geniuses incredible idea love it

[PopGoesNappy]

You GUYS are SUPER!

[hyretech]

CBS showed a video tonight, but the link still isn't up on their web site. Thanks RocketBoom and YouTube!

[oksel100]

YOU GUYS FAKE PROTOTYPE THIS

[catherinetodd]

We could use one of these 3-D printers to help replace goods for the people in Guatemala who have lost EVERYTHING in the recent volcanic eruption, hurricane, mudslides and floods. They don't even have shoes now. We could start by making small things, but when it's bigger, flip-flop sandals, or cups and plates, or whatever they need. If it could use recyclable plastic, we could use all the horrendous trash that has washed into Lake Atitlan due to the storms. CatherineTodd2 (at) gmail (dot) com.

[What160]

I like 3D printing and this technology is going to help push desktop manufacturing to someday probable not in my life time Nano Factories.

I hop I will be still alive to own a Nano Factory.

[Aerach89]

Fascinating invention.

[robbieaoa]

@thatguru877  ohhh $16.00 is not a lot. and... there is no 16,00$

[blackfreddie223]

nice bewbs ^.^

[Pandemoniumwise]

The girl is smokin hot

[Gtype]

"Where did the inspiration come from?" I can tell you: Solid Works.

[TheBrothersCompound]

what does the maker bot use to copy?

[yuginar]

thats cool and all but can it print text on paper ?

[madvideogamer]

Pfft, they already have things like this already. They use them to make bases for toys mostly.

[thatguru877]

@madvideogamer They also usually cost upwards of 16,00$ dollars.

[RevolverLover101]

@thatguru877 no way!!!

[lpfan540]

actually it really isnt bad for a first draft so to speak and it can be improved on and it will in the next 10 years it will be better and in 20 or 30 you will think this makes life easier one application this has is school and scale models better blue prints, art, movie applications

[cheesecoffy]

=Stupidest thing ive ever heard. Dumbest idea ever

[theconster2]

World Wide Web is basically the modern internet.

[Stevetronics]

Really? OK. Then let me rattle off some of the things we have invented: Lightbulb, assembly line, aircraft, the nuclear reactor, the integrated circuit, the internet, google, anesthesia, (And your little lightbulb plug is just wrong.) I can continue if you like: the modern bullet, the atomic bomb (not good.) and the first militarily successful jet aircraft. Just a few of the things that you wouldn't have without "us Americans"

[theconster2]

Actually the internet was invented by Tim Berners-Lee. A British man.

[telesniper2]

No, that was the world wide web.

[OMFGWTFBBQLAWLZ]

Liar, the internet was invented by Al Gore everyone knows that.

[nicholias1]

The assembly line wasn't "invented" by Ford OR America, examples of it date way back to the making of the Terracotta Army, the venetian army also used a form of assembly line and if I'm not mistaken the first linear and continuous assembly line remains at Portsmouth Dockyard.

[martincprice]

Really nice machine, but I wish you Americans wouldn't make out like you invented or discovered everything...This is a reprap spin off. By the way you also didn't invent the harrier jump jet, the electric light bulb, radio, television, the internet, the motor car, modern manufacturing, penicillin, gravity, evolution, the hamburger, the film industry, photography, the computer. You did however invent the photocopier, so maybe you can claim a little!

[Tobuscus]

ohhhhh.

[Klaymator14]

OOOOOHHHHHHHH

[liamtheawesome1]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[sensoryhouse]

Oh yeah, besides the photocopier, you forgot the personal computer, laptop, cell phone, email, text messaging, windows, mac os, the laser, google, youtube, facebook, landing on the moon, breaking the sound barrier, iPod, Multi touch, cotton gin, refrigeration, the revolver, machine gun, the skyscraper, elevator, Disneyland, Vegas, baseball, basketball, rubber, modern oil well, motorcycle, chewing gum, QWERTY, blue jeans, the radio, Tesla coil, zipper, YOUR FAT MOM and the list goes on and on!!

[martincprice]

I don't want to get into text comment tennis, but I didn't wish to knock the US as its a great country. Unfortunately you have done it again. Check out Wiki for the following . Laser - Alfred Kastler (Nobel prize 1966). Revolver & Machine Gun - James Puckle (1718). Rubber - Francois Fresneau (1755). Radio is generally attributed to Marconi (Nobel Prize 1909). Motorcycle - Michaux Perrraux (1868) or possibly Daimler. Elevator - Ivan Kulibin (1793). Tesla was Serbian.

[conrad2468]

It is ABS plastic filament..Basically, the filament goes into the extruder which grabs it and pushes it through a nozzle, kind of like a hot glue gun.

[xsirhc6x]

pbc plastic or pvc:s what ever the black pipe commonly used in houses is

[DeeJayBounce]

Only black? Racist.

[xsirhc6x]

i unno, i think the black looks better !

[LuciusMare]

haha :)

[parry626]

this is going 2 be massive if it gets done right you could sell these massive and sell blue prints and data on there websites of toys and mechanical pipes and stuff like that i 100% want 1

[galeprod]

should really put some credit to the reprap movement, you're making it sound like you designed the thing yourself...

[walter0bz]

other talk on youtube does admit this is a branch of reprap

definite the point of open-source .. design itself should mutate & evolve

[klaudiu2002]

you can make it your self. these is not there work .its stoled.startrek idiots

[dalahast06]

Inspired from startrek? naw..the word you are looking for is reprap ,reprap (dot) org

[GManGT]

I want one of these, but the output product looks very crappy. I've seen other commercial unit that seem to produce more precise models.

[LordKain187]

I gotta agree that the products need refining. The only thing I can say is that the price is way cheaper then the comercial products. they have kits for $750 on thier site. The next cheapest one ive even heard of is over 3k most are 10's of K's so for the price isnt that bad.

[GManGT]

Tell me about the $3000 model? what's the name?

I rather spend more money and get a machine that outputs more precise samples.

[OhMiGorsh]

its basicly a cnc machine

[demonlover30]

nice im only 15 ad i love making models o fanykind

[beowolf241]

Omg, I have that pac-man sweatshirt! lol

[SAclammy]

wtf? "the gutenberg of 3d printing" ok you only get to say that if your device is the first ever 3d printer...(this isn't it)

[PremierSullivan]

gutenburg didn't invent movable type though, he was inspired by the chinese.

[neozeromunky]

@PremierSullivan He created mass production printing....

[KingArcturus]

Does it print in recyclable materials?

[theorderoforange]

probably the first chick that comes by thise guys

[dennisd7]

But: When can I print a makerbot with a makerbot?

[PacoBell]

Ever heard of reprap?

[Goldernie]

yo dawg! we heard u like 3d printing! so we put a 3d printer on yo 3d printer so yo can 3d print while yo 3d print, dawg

[iani103]

@dennisd7 I fell that if i get it... I'LL BE RICH.

On word... eBay

[Karred2]

@dennisd7 right now. it's frontpaged on thingverse.

[IYTI]

@dennisd7 never, because materials were used, which are not supported by the melting system. (Cu, Ag)

[xxelaxela333]

@dennisd7 look up reprap

[TheMrgeekmania]

@dennisd7 Get a RepRap

[Digeridude]

Thy keep passing off this old technology as new.

[androidk18]

I don't think they're trying to pass it of as new... rather that they're trying to make the tech accessible to home users.

Personally... from the looks of their produce... they've got a ways to go before I'd think about buying one.

[Maux4200]

can you make something on google sketchup then upload it to their website?

[hariadya]

a 3D printer, this is already available.. i saw one on TV 8 years back or something.. A 3D car came out... it was a wax kinda model

[xpsniperguy]

yea but how big was it?. Could you have it on your desk?

[hariadya]

yep, a but bigger than this box. a bit......

[xpsniperguy]

oh.. was it expensive? O.O

[hariadya]

it was used in an Automobile company for R&D purpose i suppose. It was some Japanese Auto comp i suppose

[solitarybee]

Ahh the cynicism is almost as strong as the smell of spring. I like the idea and the idealism behind it. I could envisage it being used to produce 3D business cards/logos to help market small business.

You go guys - just please steer it towards printing on materials that aren't reusable because I gather there'd be a lot of wastage it getting print outs just right. Thanks again Rocketboom.

[ROCKETBOOM]

Great feedback sb - we'll try to fashion the prints meet to your specifications!

[solitarybee]

Oops mean't to say 'are reusable' below... cheers!

[rooski8]

would be so much better if they got something better to "spray" the material out , i saw an early version of this , and all they used was a syringe.

[theorderoforange]

how cool thaqt they used wood, make it look more oldschool funky =-)

[OniRecordsNZ]

Thats creepy. Exact same wallpaper and colour theme as my Ubuntu.

[Deathrape2001]

Sure, & U know the 3D printers will sell 4 like $50, but the 'ink' will B a comical anal-rape ripoff @ $20 per!

I have the solution: NEVER PRINT N E THING OUT! PRINTING IS A HUGE RIPOFF! Or, get ya'self an old 'junk' printer like an HP722C, where the cartridges aren't these MICROSCOPIC $30 'dead in 50 pages' consumer slave monuments to crippleware design. Micro$oft N E 1? HAHA

Makerbot wants 2 peddle $100 hot glue gun printers. Just $40 4 the 'goo' yes?? & 'maintainance' $ OMG LoL

[Deathrape2001]

I like 2 use a router & 1" thick plywood. It's cheap & strong & with freaky curvy bits can make loads a groovy toys U can actually USE! =) Like 4 instance big groovy speakers U can sell 4 thousands of $

U can make templates also from 'cardboard wood' ('pressboard' type stuff) 4 templates - that is, 'till U go big wheel from the protos n' just subcontract 2 a CNC place like mois HAHA

[ColombianComplain]

Not New! See also:

Laser Sintering

Fused deposition modeling

Stereolithography (SLA)

Laminated object manufacturing

Electron beam melting

3D printing

[Deathrape2001]

Yes we 'geeks' (even hot geex like ma'self ;) know.. can't even remember when I first saw - was around @ least from the early 90's when I was in college. I think the 1'st 1's used plastic like the dental stuff - plastic bath, & would solidify shapes as the subjerged object moved down, layering them like dentists glue on vineers W/a light stick.

Problem with the 'makerbot' in particular as U can C is very blocky lookin', & drips goo everyplace. Multi-axis routers give a smoth result tho' =D

[ishownomercyi]

OW SNAP thats sick

[Tomorer]

Looks really cool !

[Maulbane]

This was pretty cool, but i have to ask something nobody else is:

Where the fuck did Joanna go?

[Mosessions]

How about using some kind of silicone as material and reverse model to a form that can be used to quickly replicate as many models as needed with variety of modeling waxes and fillers?

[Mosessions]

Good idea is to use organic papermache-like filler from flour, water, paper, and maybe some sand... Cheap and easy accessible, yet with 3d-printed forms downloadable from internet possibilities would be endless.

[SJamesGray]

Usain Bolt needs to get out of these videos.

[Persiana]

What kind of material does it use?

Was that like wax or something?

[deskcheck3]

Um this isn't anything new... 3D printers have existed for a while now.

[DarkNessBear]

I thought so to, but this thing actually supplies the material. In other 3d printers you have to place a block of material and it carves from that.

[gugenet]

Who said it had to be new? Computer weren't new when the first home computers were sold as kits for soldering and assembly. The new idea is that they want to make it affordable enough that people could have this at home.

[deskcheck3]

That was in no was implied in this video.

[klaz48]

Theyll print out pictures of dicks!

NOOO

[BSEmadcow]

Very cool.

[TK3C]

Anyone else thinking this guys looks like Athene?

[voiceofopinion]

that's awesome! But I can't help wondering what material it "prints"! It looks like a combination of soap and cheese!

[Deathrape2001]

Looks like hot glue - the 'head' there seems 2 B just like a heater element from a hot glue gun, & the material goops around like hot glue. Something they could maybe do 2 make it work better is have it lay down goo in a cool water bath, or @ least with a cooling fan near the object - so maybe eliminates a lot of that dripping junk & blockyness - they could also place the layers much closer together & use a smaller apperature. It's really the 'Hot Glue 3D Modeler' (2 name it honestly =)

[voiceofopinion]

okay... :)

[BlitzWing00]

I've seen this before, desktop fabricator. Very cool concept....not sure how more advanced this machine is to the one I've seen before at "fab at home" (you can google this if interested).

[moviespot]

very nice idea i want one

[CheVolay]

Don't these already exist? At one time industry would employ artist to hand make molds for objects now these machines have replaced the artist.

[ainekatt]

That's freaking awesome.

[JesusSavesAtCitibank]

Just think...40 years ago (1969) a rocket took men to the moon. And now we can make tiny miniatures of a rocket out of wax! Amazing how far technology has advanced since then.

[mdlman583]

CSI

[sean77408]

What are the models made of?

[LadyKibethNehema]

We had something like this at my school... where it would take wax and you would make an image and it would cut up the wax... ok so they were very simple and no where near as percise but still this isnt the first time I'm seeing the idea

[kennebacasiskyle]

amazing... how many teenagers will be printing off 3D genetalia in 10 years?

[jacobthebrown]

Thousands...

[RagingLion]

I know for a fact that the material itself used in the printing process is stupid expensive. No idea what the machine itself costs but that will not be a cheap hobby.

[gugenet]

5 lbs costs $50. I wouldn't call it stupid expensive. The machine costs $750 if you can assemble it yourself.

[umchoyka]

Rapid prototyping FTW

[CognosSquare]

Could they make another Ellie? Impossible I say. The geography of her beauty surpasses these nerds feeble 3D coordinates.

To mold her sweltering lucious lips they need to capture fire, passion of a 1000 birthing stars. Then they have to meld that together with the timeless serenity of a poem.

Can these freaks of nature do that? Do they have that "plugin"? No didnt think so!

[code933k]

Beautifully done, it reminds me of those Steve Jobs garage times [...]

[NextLifeDK]

I want one of those. I'm always breaking stuff.

[florcita72]

I'm sure every architect is going to want one of those :)

[SplendidDissenter]

What material is it using for the "print?"

[gugenet]

It uses ABS or HDPE plastic. Everything about it is on their site.

[danthebard]

what will make  penis

[BrawlMasterROB]

interesting