[hackerspaces] Giving a talk on 3D printing and need some help

[Joshua Pritt]

Don't forget to talk about the part everyone I've talked to about 3D
printers is they always think there's a 3D scanner part that goes with it.
 So make sure to explain that most of the time the user normally has to
download the 3D drawing or make the 3D drawing themselves.  You can then
talk about how there are some 3D scanners you can buy as well as make
yourself from a Microsoft Kinect.  Don't forget to cover the steps from
"cradle to the grave" of making something in 3D.

If you are really pressed for time and you need to take up some time you
can always bring up the 3D printed gun hullabaloo to really get people
thinking and discussing these.  Or you might be better off not mentioning
it at all - even though it might come up from someone in the audience...


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Phil Broussard <phillip at squidfoo.com>wrote:

> Long story short, I have to give a last minute talk on 3D printers
> tonight. They have it listed as a 2 hour presentation so I need some help.
> To make matters worse the only printer we have working decided to have a
> stepper motor die. So now I have 10 hours to make this work.
>
> Any good suggestions on topics I should cover? I'm going to try and cover
> open source hardware, history, how printers work, current uses and anything
> else you guys can help me think of. I'm also going to try and put together
> a one page handout that will help get people more information on 3d
> printers.
>
> So anything you all can do to help me out would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Phil
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