When we visited the Crash Space hackerspace earlier this week, it came to our attention we were staying mere blocks away from Deezmaker, a 3D printer store in beautiful Pasadena that is home base for the Bukobot and Bukito printers, an awful lot of awesome printed plastic things, and [Rich] a.k.a [whosawhatsis], creator of the RepRap Wallace and all this stuff. Obviously a tour was in order.
Inside Deezmaker is a treasure trove of printed baubles and a fishbowl full of a herringbone planetary gear systems free for the taking. They have printers running all the time, a very nice lab for [whosawhatsis], and enough work space to host a few workshops every week.
In the video below, [Diego], the big cheese of Deezmaker takes us around the shop showing off his wares. [whosawhatsis] also makes an appearance showing off his latest invention, the Bukito printer. It’s a very small and incredibly portable printer that can be powered by batteries. They’re using a 3-cell 5000mAh lipo battery when they take the Bukito camping. I didn’t catch how long the battery lasts, but it’s more than enough to squirt out a few of the gear systems they give away.
Video after the break.
You guys hired Jamie from mythbusters to record your videos?! :p
That is seriously the best compliment I’ve ever recieved.
I expect a walrus stache now.
Haha. Any time. I hit play, had to do other things, completely forgot what I started, then I’m like oh hey! Jamie! :p
No they hired Brian “Hyneman” Benchoff. I normally don’t reply to old post, but I wanted to make sure everyone knows his new nickname.
“They’re using a 3-cell 5000mAh lipo battery when they take the Bukito camping.”
Ahhhhh……… what?en they take the Bukito camping.
The battery lasts about 1.5 hours.
Why is it that most people forget to mention WHERE these places are?
We’re in Pasadena, CA. It’s in the video.
A *shop* – quaint, how 20th century!
Thanks for sharing this. Definitely going to check this place out soon!
Thanks for sharing. I’m definitely going to check this place out soon!
I love Hackaday, I love Deezmaker, but I do not love the video. I don’t feel it does either group justice, really. I suspect that most of my unhappiness stems from the way the camera feels almost like a 3rd party during the interview sections, and the interviewees seem… caught off guard.
I can’t fault you for my very subjective viewpoint, but I think it could be better. I hope that can be taken constructively.
It’d help on their “request a quote” page if they’d give example projects and costs.
Being new to 3D printing, ” $25 initial setup and $1.5 per/cm³” doesn’t give me much to relate to.
Oversight on their part – or are they afraid it will scare people away?
how much are your chevalines?
What’s a deez and how do you make one?
A deez is like a doze, in that you can have summa each, but never both.
I associate a deez to be from the “deez nutz” meme. Not quite favorable association for a product starting at $799.
Ya-der yooz-gize… c’mon down N get u tree-D-printering on mon! O’ day got somma dis N dat N DEEZ N doz N dem over der! Ya EV-ARY-TING dont-cha know. Tru-dat.
I read somewhere that I think Hersey’s is thinking about selling 3D printers for chocolates! I’m sure if they do the printers could be used for MUCH MORE!!!
It’s already been done, i even think the first attempt was a few years ago :)
Wow, the “TPE” rubbery material looks like it would be great for making masks and facial prosthesis with.
I find it amazing this can all be done with battery power. Impressive!
The possibilities with a 3D printer seem limitless. I can imagine it changing the face of how we produce all kinds of goods.