Chapter 5. Meet the MakerBot Replicator 2
Wherein the reader is informed of the mechanisms that imbue common and readily available tools and building materials with the raw power of making and imagination.
For many people, the very idea of a MakerBot is still something entirely new-a machine that can make anything still seems like science fiction. As MakerBot and other low-cost printer vendors work to bring 3D printing to the masses, science fiction is becoming everyday fact. Still, only a few people have seen one in person, and even fewer know how they works. Though the underlying engineering principles behind a MakerBot are quite complex, in a nutshell, a MakerBot is a very precise, robotic hot glue gun mounted to a very precise, robotic positioning ...
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