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

[Joshua Pritt]

Oh yes, definitely show off some things that are printed from these things.
 Talk about how a broken candy machine can be fixed by printing a plastic
replacement gear with a 3D printer.  Show off as many things as you can
with the best examples you can find.


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Brad Harris
<jamesbradleyharris at gmail.com>wrote:

> Speak to the history, the technology that has enabled this movement, give
> a dozen slides on the different printers out there and pros/cons of each.
> Don't plan to speak for two hours, leave 30 minutes for Q/A. Show off some
> of of the cool things people are printing. Show off the software chain from
> model to gcode.
>  On May 16, 2013 10:02 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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