Watch MakerBot's Thing-O-Matic Make A Chess Piece

[Guest]

Apparently the applications for melted plastic are indeed limitless.

Watch MakerBot's Thing-O-Matic Make A Chess Piece : Read more

 

[jayracer7474]

# years later its done wow its slow

 

[teamcarlisle]

Um, thats not a "thing-o-matic", thats the Makerbot "Replicator." The Thing-o-matic came out last year...

 

[dericko23]

Rook to C-4
Checkmate on Wallet

 

[teamcarlisle]

Oh, and thats actually a decent speed for a 3d printer.

 

[freggo]

and my wish list is getting longer again...

 

[bak0n]

Worlds smallest T-1000?

 

[gokanis]

Kinda like watching paint dry.

 

[alidan]

if i was any good at 3d modeling, i would get one asap... what could be better than this to someone who makes things in 3d apps?

 

[alx_gret]

Don't want to be an a** but you got the pricing wrong the DIY is only 1099$ wich in my opinion is pretty cheap for a 3D printer.

Ref🙁http://store.makerbot.com/thing-o-matic-kit-mk7.html)

 

[alx_gret]

Don't want to be an a** but you got the pricing wrong the DIY is only 1099$ wich in my opinion is pretty cheap for a 3D printer.

Ref🙁http://store.makerbot.com/thing-o-matic-kit-mk7.html)

 

[JohnnyLucky]

How detailed can the created object be?

I saw some incredible creations at Arizona State University. High Tech and Big Bucks!!!

 

[Guest]

"A robotic arm shapes the material as it cools" Where did you get this stuff? Tomshardware continues its downward spiral into missinformation... It is an extruder that produces the object layer by layer.