Colorado general chat...

[Bimmerman325i]

Google is showing the STL is a common file format for 3D printers, but I can't find reference to it being a brand anywhere.

Yea, I'm not sure what brand it is, but I think it is a stereolithography machine. There's a bunch of different methods for 3D, but I think the ITLL is an stl.

Then again, I could be totally wrong. Maybe call them?

[blefevre]

Yea, I'm not sure what brand it is, but I think it is a stereolithography machine. There's a bunch of different methods for 3D, but I think the ITLL is an stl.

Then again, I could be totally wrong. Maybe call them?

I will do some reading first to see what I find and call if I need to. We are trying to find one for work so I thought it would be a good start.

[clarkkey594]

unfortunately no, I don't remember. I thiiiiiiink it was an STL. Doesn't look like it's listed on the ITLL site either.

I might be able to find out.

[Eric]

+1. Thanks again for the oil filter Eric...

no prob!

Does anyone know the make/model of the 3D printer that CU has?

no idea, but did you see the beating Fresno state (my hometown) gave CU? :puppy:

[Bimmerman325i]

no idea, but did you see the beating Fresno state (my hometown) gave CU? :puppy:

I heard about it.



I has a sad.

[iamsam]

everybody beats CU.

[Bimmerman325i]

everybody beats CU.

not washington state!

[blefevre]

Yea, I'm not sure what brand it is, but I think it is a stereolithography machine. There's a bunch of different methods for 3D, but I think the ITLL is an stl.

Then again, I could be totally wrong. Maybe call them?

I found a bunch of info. Basically 'real' STL machines are generally used for production only as they run in the six figures. "3D printing" uses the same concept but has lower quality. I found some machines that will work for our R&D lab. Hopefully we can get it because it would be totally awesome to print out 3D parts.

[conway]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...inter?ref=live

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...inter?ref=live

I would love to have one just to screw around with.

[visionaut]

Google is showing the STL is a common file format for 3D printers, but I can't find reference to it being a brand anywhere.

STL format was developed by 3D Systems Inc, the inventors of stereolithography. My company had one of their $$$ SLS machines in the mid 90s. (it was a 2x2ft model I recall). It was the coolest thing to be able to create 3D parts/designs in the CAD system and 'print' them in 3D on that thing. (mostly plastic, though in rarer occasions some type of sintered metallic stuff). We used it for visualization/communication of prototypes designs and complex interfaces, some reverse engineering of existing parts (in combo with a 3D digitizer), and for customer 'demos' ;-). Never used it to produce anything used in a product tho'. I've also been following with avid interest the many recent "Maker Faire" developments of much lower cost desktop 3D printers...

Tom

[Eric]

Chris, how was the dyno today??????

[Bimmerman325i]

new tune, injectors, exhaust, and headers ftw.

[iamsam]

So, who won that debate last night?

I only watched a few minutes of it, and it seemed that Ryan was on top of it and Biden was just laughing it off. Content-wise, I am pretty clueless.

[Eric]

My opinion:

-Ryan looked/acted professional
-Biden was completely unprofessional and I can't believe he is the current VP
-Ryan seamed to be holding back. He's a numbers guy and I'm guessing his team coached him to dumbing things down for "the american people" Search youtube for him schooling Obama on his obamacare bill.
-Biden did a good job at attacking Ryan
-Biden did not present new ideas, just attacked the Romney/Ryan ticket
-Moderator lady cornered and questioned Ryan more than she did Biden
-Moderator lady looked haggard. I guess even reporting in a combat zone takes it's toll on you.

-Ultimately I think Biden came out swinging after Obama's terrible performance last debate, and Ryan was playing it a bit safe to not loose the bump Romney got from his performance last week.

[fsmtnbiker]

My opinion:

-Both of these guys are idiots.

In other news, the sky is blue today!