3d scanner and printer?

[Paola Di Maio]

JJ and others

Does anybody have  experience/recommendations for somethiing to buy and
make available to the club? (if there is interest)

most printers come in the 3-5K range but what about lightweight things like
these...

is it a waste of money or will it work?
http://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-3d-printer-kits/pp_343643.html?currency=GBP&vip=760169&gclid=Cj0KEQjw-73GBRCC7KODl9zToJMBEiQAj1Jgf9bCGBGWf4X6YoaUl7lF7ml6HzG0UdPxLaN2ewKBxkYaAmTN8P8HAQ




On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you JJ
>
> I am an alumni of UoS -
>
> first heard the word reprap from Jonathan Corney there
> will seek him out -
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> yes of course, there was a wave of hype but still....
> should be more economical but its still big thing happenings in innovation
>
> vouch to buy one for EC after escaping wolves
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> PDM
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> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 7:48 PM, JJ <unigamer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If anyone is a student or member of staff at Strathclyde university, the
>> Fab Lab there (http://www.strath.ac.uk/fablab/) offers extremely good
>> value
>> for money and I can highly recommend joining. I know this will be of
>> limited use to most Electron members but I know there are a few people
>> from
>> Strathclyde here.
>>
>> This probably isn't the place for discussing the pros and cons of 3D
>> printing but both applications you gave are things that standard 3D
>> printers (ie not £50,000 worth of technology) are totally unsuitable for!
>> I
>> love 3D printing, only last week I made a custom jig for a toy being
>> finished on a disc sander (http://jonathanjamieson.com/projects/kururin/)
>> that couldn't have been easily done without a 3D printer. However, a few
>> years ago there was a bit of a bubble and hype about 3D printer, probably
>> overstating what the technology is capable of and what people are
>> realistically going to do with it. There are successful Makerspaces out
>> there but it's risky business: the machines, insurance, getting enough
>> members to pay for it all...
>>
>>
>>
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>>                         - JJ <http://www.jonathanjamieson.com>
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>> On 20 March 2017 at 18:48, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > A few years back ( even before you joined perhaps) community 3D printing
>> > hubs were planned everywhere, and they were going to impact
>> manufacturing
>> > sector, at least social innovation in terms of letting people be
>> creative
>> > and pring out their own teeth and shoes at the local hubs etc
>> >
>> > Scotland/Edinburgh were going to be leading social innovation, at least
>> > based on some of the funding proposals which were going around at the
>> time.
>> > I was hoping to come back to a thriving 3D printing community of
>> innovators
>> >
>> > P
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>> > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Martin McGrath <
>> mcgrath.martin at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 20 March 2017 at 17:19, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > > Thanks G
>> > > > Maklab webpage says they are in Edinburgh, but no further info
>> > > > (says edinburgh but there are no contact details)
>> > > >
>> > > > actually, I am  a bit shocked at the lack of 3D printers and
>> scanners,
>> > > >
>> > > > only two places?
>> > > >
>> > > >  I was away for some time and would have thought that by now
>> Scotland
>> > > would
>> > > > be full of them, with a web page listing them all
>> > > >
>> > > > any idea what is stopping social innovation?
>> > > >
>> > > > PDM
>> > >
>> > > You consider a few places offering 3D scanning to be a social problem?
>> > >
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