3D Printers

[Dinesh Bhat]

For teams looking to buy a 3D Printer,  Monoprice Maker Select Plus 3D Printer ($399.99) is offering a $100 discount https://www.coupons.com/coupon-codes/monoprice/
What are your recommendations for a 3D printer?

Dinesh Bhat

Coach

Absolute Zero #12096

[Shari Robinson]

Ours was a good bit more (about $2k; but we made payments), but I absolutely love our Lulzbot Mini.  I do think one of our team members has a Monoprice, though we haven't had much chance to try it out as of yet.

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[Lindner, Gary]

We got a Robo3D R1+ from

Amazon and it has worker for us

FTC 3749 Bionic Penguins

Coyote Robotics

Gary Lindner

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[Dinesh Bhat]

Thanks for your responses. We are new to this. Any recommendations and resources on how the team can better leverage a 3D printer? 

We have used our local library and online vendors last year and hope to speed up the turnaround time with a 3D printer while having the kids learn new skills.

-Dinesh Bhat

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 1:14 PM Lindner, Gary <Lind...@gwcommunityschool.com> wrote:

We got a Robo3D R1+ from

Amazon and it has worker for us

FTC 3749 Bionic Penguins

Coyote Robotics

Gary Lindner

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Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 12:39:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [VAFTC] 3D Printers

 

Ours was a good bit more (about $2k; but we made payments), but I absolutely love our Lulzbot Mini.  I do think one of our team members has a Monoprice, though we haven't had much chance to try it out as of yet.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Dinesh Bhat <dines...@gmail.com> wrote:

For teams looking to buy a 3D Printer,  Monoprice Maker Select Plus 3D Printer ($399.99) is offering a $100 discount https://www.coupons.com/coupon-codes/monoprice/
What are your recommendations for a 3D printer?

Dinesh Bhat

Coach

Absolute Zero #12096

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No doubt, there are lots of good 3D printers out there, and it’s good that you’re looking at reviews. Your question about leveraging the use of a printer may be more about integrating 3D printing in all things FTC. We have used it as a tool for youth learning CAD (6th grade is fine!), and being able to print their own designs. Of course, we also encourage looking at what’s already designed, so Thing-A-Verse is a great resource. We have worked on quick concept prototypes (low infill, minimal skin) just to print quick, shareable concepts. We’ve also worked on more rugged pieces, thinking about the orientation of the Z-axis relative the biggest stress the part will see. The best learning exercises have been when the students needed to accomplish something: For example, in Relic Recovery, they wanted to grab the Relic in a way that wouldn’t let it fall or escape. They already had the FTC-supplied CAD model for the relic, and realized they needed to make a negative of the relic, plus learned a little about dimensioning and tolerancing: making a negative the exact size of the relic was too tight of a fit. There was a lot of iteration, and many models never made it to the printer but were just CAD prototypes. But we printed a lot, too, evolving the design both for quick printing and for light-weight properties.
The printer we chose is made in Greensboro, Fusion3Design.com - it has a 12” cubed print area and is both fast and accurate. We went down to Greensboro to meet their team, get first-hand instruction, and leave with printer serial number 100. It has been great: a workhorse and very well supported. In short, it’s a tool with uses we never anticipated.
Henry Bass
Tuxedo Pandas 4924