Comments on: 3D printer uses office paper

By: Juray

Juray — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:32:48 +0000

For origami lovers: try to google “Tenkai unfolded pattern generator”

By: Laser Color Multifunction Printer

Laser Color Multifunction Printer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:12:31 +0000

I have seen one those 3d printers in action. It is pretty crazy. One person was making a wax chinese dragon. No joke.

By: Printer Troubleshooting

Printer Troubleshooting — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:02:11 +0000

Nice blog about printer. I have a lot of problem with my office printer. I’m IT support and need to solve any problem. Do you have any suggestion about printer troushooting guide site? Thank you very much.

By: Cutie Pie

Cutie Pie — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:16:28 +0000

How do you make a 3d house like that im trying to make one for a book report?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!!?!!?????????@!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

By: Cutie Pie

Cutie Pie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:35:58 +0000

YOU ROCK !!!!! ????? :) !!!!->:( MY BROTHER DOES NOT LIKE IT … BUT I DO !!!!

By: Cutie Pie

Cutie Pie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:31:36 +0000

That is a really cool house you made !!! you rock at making houses !!!! can you teach me how to make a house like that PLZ????

By: jhon

jhon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:45:05 +0000

that so amazing :)

By: ccox

ccox — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:50:22 +0000

Coloring the glue? i assume they’re using diluted glue (to deposit a finer film and pattern). So, just put down extra ink and let the glue absorb the ink – it is water based and takes dyes quite nicely.

Now, how do we make one of these for ourselves?

A vinyl cutter/plotter seems like a natural start for the paper cutter.
An inkjet seems obvious for the glue – until you realize that dried glue is a @$%*# to clear. So, maybe a syringe like system? Or something that can self-clean?

By: Hans

Hans — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:25:39 +0000

@davandron,

You like to see a web-based company using the same at affordable prices…

Perhaps you can visit: http://www.shapeways.com

Not yet, but believe me, they will provide the MCOR technology

By: Davandron

Davandron — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:15:37 +0000

I hesitated to post on the first day, but what the heck…

This isn’t a hack, its just an ad. And the product isn’t even a hack/breakthrough in its industry. Now, if they were selling it for US$1,000 then that would be a great deal (I will give a +1 to the idea of recycling standard office paper).

There are lots of sites out there talking about the various rapid prototyping methods. I still think that UM/Rolla’s idea of using water/ice to make investment casts is the best for a hacker-type (electricity + water) though wax depositing might be easier and not much more expensive since you can reclaim the wax after casting and don’t need freezing capacity.

What would I love to see? Electron-beam sintering machines at the $1,000 price threshold, or a Kinkos-like, web-based company using the same at affordable prices.

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:57:16 +0000

If you could figure out a way to deposit the glue this seems like something that would be quite straightforward to build. Has anyone managed a diy glue depositor?

By: fish

fish — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:51:23 +0000

add a print head that colors the edges — then you don’t have to paint it. i guess you’d have to figure out something with the glue…or you could color the glue.

By: ccox

ccox — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:14:52 +0000

PVA Glue == Elmers

By: General Fabb

General Fabb — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:25:07 +0000

The thing with MCOR is not the cost of the printer, but the cost of the media. The ZCorp and other 3D printers use really expensive proprietary goop as print media, whereas the MCOR uses plain old paper, which is indeed waaay less expensive than the proprietary goop.

By: answerguru

answerguru — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:27:47 +0000

The paper size isn’t really a big deal…a simple update to the software and a guide for the paper and it would probably take in standard US letter sized paper.