WIP (Work-in-progress)… We’ve been collaborating with a local company (Ceramic Cement) exploring the use of various types of cements and ceramics. There has been a quite a bit of interest in ceramic cements for quite some time. http://www.wes.army.mil/REMR/pdf/cs/mr-7-3.pdf http://www.cchrc.org/docs/snapshots/snapshot08-01ssc.pdf We have done a few bench tests to determine if the materials would be printable. […]
Continue reading about WIP: MPC (Magnesium Phosphate Cements)
WIP (Work-in-progress)… We’ve been working at recreating the results of the April’s Fool by systematically testing various mixtures of ceramics, glasses and fluxes at a variety of temperatures. Seem like we’re making some progress. Here’s an example of a glass-ceramic at two different mix ratios that both appear to have fired successfully. Here’s the results […]
A Basic Recipe for Off Road Powder Printing A used 400 class Z Corp printer (@ fine internet auction sites) USG HydroPerm Rice wine/Sake Used BC-20 ink cartridges (@ fine internet auction sites) Clean up the used 400. Add HydroPerm. Fill the binder reservoir with rice wine. Do not self-print (i.e., drink the sake binder) […]
3D Printista – 3D·Print·is·ta [three-dee-print-is-tuh -ee-stuh; ] –noun, plural 3D·print·is·tas, 3D·print·is·ti a person who is specially trained in the operation of 3D printing devices, and the fabrication of 3D objects using such devices at maker / create / hacker geek or research spaces. {Grant Marchelli as a 3D Printista @ UW Solheim AM Lab} […]
Matt and his team at Metrix Create Space have been working on something really BIG! In fact, our team and their team have been engaged in a bit of a competition with our big robots. The Metrix crew is in the lead. A hardy congratulations to them! AWESOME! The Metrix crew has an old DynaCNC […]
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