*NEW* How It Works - MakerBotting 101

The MakerBot Replicator is a 3d printer that you can use in your home to create all kinds of amazing things! In this video Bre Pettis, one of the founders of MakerBot Industries, explains how a the MakerBot works! Find out more at http://www.makerbot.com/

Music: Dishsoap Boubles - Nim
(http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nim/)

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[sosaj3]

has the printing process gotten any more precise where u don't see layers afterwards?

[makerbot]

it has! the default layer height for the replicator is currently .27 mm but we've been experimenting with layer heights of 50 microns!!! it won't be long before you can't see layers at all!

[Curso de Armónica: Método Cascada]

Imagine that you need to print a stand up little human body. How the printer start printing the tips of the fingers, if the arms and hands are separated from the body? They start in the air, how can the printer do it?

[makerbot]

We call areas like that 'overhangs' - the solution to an overhang is to use breakaway support material which can be easily added in our software

[Karolis Ramanauskas]

So how long does it take to make a bunny like this? The printer seems great though, I might actually get one for myself

[makerbot]

The bunny took around 10 hours but the time it takes to print an object greatly depends on the size and density of the object

[POTTERMUSICALitalia]

I'd love to print my own action figured and then paint them *__*

[Panos Lastinellis]

Woooowww great machine!

[sitefms]

how much of the Plastic do you go through to make a model?

[bubbleheadft]

Think of the possibilities for filmmakers, being able to print their own props!

[joeny1980]

Lol, I'm not sure if you're right - but I dont see them either.  It could be a smart videographer using a circular polarizer which would do a pretty good job of making his lens reflections inexistent.

[paulunga]

Oh wow, the quality really improved since the first model. It's getting more and more tempting with every new release.

[scottrazey]

There is a guy that is developing a printer that builds houses. They r making replacement bones already. The posibilities are limitless. I am not trying to cut down your post. I felt the same way. I own a small machine shop and do a lot of 3d programing for a 3 axis cnc. I stumbled on this topic and did a little research and it blew my mind.

[bluelightalarm]

looks great but I could take my eyes off his glasses all the way through the video. Why is he wearing glasses that obviously have no lenses in them?!

[Sheep Acer]

Although the idea is nice, I'm not sure if it has any INDUSTRIAL application. You can actually make only passive things such as simple toys or models. Although it's nice stuff you developed, it's not going to take away industrial manufacturing and consumerism at all.