Hey All,

David Akers, who created the Rappidelta large form 3D printer, has started a very cool new kickstarter for his Rappidelta jr 3D printer. This printer is very interesting in its design, in that it is almost entirely 3D printed, and to boot doe

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131010-african-inventor-makes-3d-printer-from-e-waste.html

I can only imagine what calibrating this thing must have been like!

This thing is pretty cool looking, and i like it out of hand because you can print your own, but what would one use such a thing for? The quote in the article mentions woodworking, but this doesn't seem sturdy enough for say, a spinning lathe or some

3d printing kickstarters are dime a dozen, but this one seems like it has potential:

http://fabbaloo.com/blog/2013/8/28/it-does-everything-the-fabotum.html#!

Its really the low price for a scanner that makes this so awesome. They'll probably need to lo

Ok, probably not. But it's still exciting that this tech is hitting the mainstream so hard after flirting with it for so, so long.

I first used it to make impeller prototypes back in 2006ish. It was expensive, but worth it.  Have you used 3D printers

And in horrifying news, that guy that keeps making the 3D printed rifles apparently keeps getting better at it!