Book description
Printing in Plastic: Build Your Own 3D Printer is your gateway into the exciting world of personal fabrication. The "printer" that you'll build from this book is a personal fabricator capable of creating small parts and other objects from drops of molten plastic. Design a part using a modeling tool such as Google SketchUp. Then watch while the Fabricator head sweeps back and forth and upwards, depositing plastic in all the right places. You can build anything from a replacement tab to hold a bookshelf in place, to a small art project, to a bashguard for your bicycle. If you can conceive it and design it, you can build it, and you'll have fun doing it.
Printing in Plastic is aimed at creative people comfortable in using power tools such as a table saw, circular saw, and drill press. Authors James Kelly and Patrick Hood-Daniel lead you through building a personal fabrication machine based upon a set of blueprints downloaded from their website. Example projects get you started in designing and fabricating your own parts. Bring your handyman skills, and apply patience during the build process. You too can be the proud owner of a personal fabricator—a three-dimensional printer.
Leads you through building a personal fabrication machine capable of creating small parts and objects from plastic
Provides example projects to get you started on the road to designing and fabricating your own parts
Provides an excellent parent/child, or small group project
What you'll learn
How to assemble your own 3D printer
The ins and outs of design software
How to design and produce three-dimensional parts made from plastic
How to replace small plastic parts in household objects
How to create art objects
Who this book is for
Printing in Plastic is aimed at creative people comfortable using power tools, such as a table saw, circular saw, drill press, and so forth. The book is aimed at those wanting to create and fabricate tangible objects from plastic. Crafters, carpenters, electronics hobbyists, and others comfortable working with their hands will find the instructions easy to follow and the projects rewarding.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Before You Begin
- Chapter 2: Hardware and Tools
- Chapter 3: Tips and Advice
- Chapter 4: Cutting the Parts I
- Chapter 5: Cutting the Parts II
- Chapter 6: Advanced Cuts and Drilling I
- Chapter 7: Advanced Cuts and Drilling II
- Chapter 8: Advanced Cuts and Drilling III
- Chapter 9: Advanced Cuts and Drilling IV
- Chapter 10: Beginning Assembly
- Chapter 11: Sub-Assembly Work
- Chapter 12: Adding Structure
- Chapter 13: Motors and Movement
- Chapter 14: The Extruder
- Chapter 15: The Filament Feeding Mechanism
- Chapter 16: Mounting Electronics
- Chapter 17: Wiring Part I
- Chapter 18: Wiring Part II
- Chapter 19: The Software
- Chapter 20: Testing and Printing
- Chapter 21: Addendum
- Appendix A: Hardware List
- Appendix B: Converting to a CNC Machine
- Appendix C: Resources
- Index
Product information
- Title: Printing in Plastic: Build Your Own 3D Printer
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2011
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781430234432
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