3d scanner and printer?

[Martin McGrath]

You said

> actually, I am  a bit shocked at the lack of 3D printers and scanners, only two places?

> any idea what is stopping social innovation

Social innovation:

"A social innovation is a novel solution to a social problem that is
more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than current
solutions. The value created accrues primarily to society"

Firstly, there are more than 2 places where 3D printers are available
for use, you comment that you were "shocked" came after one person
replied suggesting these two options.

3D scanner access I don't see being a problem for anyone wishing to
actually invovate, and there's more than one way to simply copy the
objects you wish to clone. Several open source packages are available
for creating 3D objects and prepairing them for printing, for examlpe
OpenSCAD or Blender, for which there exists usergroups, forums,
extensive documentation, tutorials...


On 21 Mar 2017 18:56, "Paola Di Maio" <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you all for replies and suggestions!
> Let's see if we can get soemthin for EC at some point
>
> (Martin: I never said it was a social problem, where did you
> get that from?)
>
> however, the lack of infrastructure to stimulate
> social innovation can be a 'social problem'
>
>
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> Paola Di Maio
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>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Greig Stewart <greig2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You could also try local 3D printing hobbyists that use
> > https://www.3dhubs.com, although you might need a company to do the
> > scanning part. There are companies on there too.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 21 March 2017 at 08:55, Jon Minton <nate.minton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I've been interested in printing demographic data for a few years. An
> > > > introduction to the basic idea is here:
> > > >
> > > > https://ije-blog.com/2016/06/27/lexis-cubes-1-from-maps-of-
> > > space-to-maps-of-time/
> > > > (basic concept)
> > > > https://ije-blog.com/2016/06/27/lexis-cubes-2-case-study-
> > > log-mortality-for-males-in-finland-1878-to-2012/
> > > > (illustration and annotation of a printed cube)
> > > >
> > > > I went to Maklab when they were based in the Lighthouse. There seemed a
> > > lot
> > > > of enthusiasm but they seem to steer people away from focus on 3D
> > > printing
> > > > to other CAD/CAM techniques. Unfortunately they couldn't offer a
> > precise
> > > > estimate for the cost of manufacture; as I was in charge of a small
> > > budget
> > > > to print some of the cubes above I really needed to be able to enter a
> > > > specific amount in invoices.
> > > > In the end I've kept using a company based in London:
> > > > https://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk/
> > > > The quality is very high, with objects produced at very high resolution
> > > in
> > > > a durable nylon. Their pricing isn't cheap but is transparent: they
> > > charge
> > > > for 'swept volume' - basically the smallest cuboid that could contain
> > the
> > > > structure to be printed; their staff are friendly and their turnaround
> > > > times quite short. I've had one or two objects printed using University
> > > of
> > > > Glasgow machines and the quality has been much lower, though the range
> > of
> > > > materials is higher.
> > > >
> > > > I think I've seen somewhere offering 3d printing on Woodlands Road
> > > recently
> > > > but haven't been in. I couldn't find reference to this online but did
> > > find
> > > > the following:
> > > > https://step3d.co.uk/
> > > >
> > > > Like 3dprint they offer online quotes.
> > > >
> > > > I think in general paying a professional company with a very high end
> > > > machine will be better value than buying a low end machine to use
> > > yourself,
> > > > though it depends what you want to use 3D printing for. I can imagine
> > the
> > > > various problems with fabrication - with trying to print something
> > that's
> > > > unprintable and ending up with strings of melted plastic after waiting
> > > > overnight and using up a lot of material in the process - represent an
> > > > interesting challenge, and using the machines is a good skill to learn,
> > > but
> > > > I'm primarily interested in the output, and if the aim is to have
> > > something
> > > > to exhibit and explore using an online company takes out a lot of the
> > > > hassle.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes,
> > > > Jon
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Podbox are Glasgow based, you can pop in and speak to them:
> > >
> > > http://www.podbox.co.uk/
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
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