Your Own Rapid Prototyping Machine Here Now

by Irvin De La Paz on 29/07/10 at 3:30 am

On the 314 x 15^9365 Day Humans created 3D Printers

Have you  wished you could  manufacture your own parts/creation for your projects?  I sure have!

I have see many  technologies to aid from concept to reality  fabrication of parts in product design.  From Computer Numerical Control technologies to rapid prototyping the problem with these technologies are not the level of difficulty (because they are not difficult) but the exorbitant price which are not very appropriate for domestic use.  These technologies have been for quite something on the market for industrial purposes (CNC since 1910 WWI and Rapid Prototyping since 2000s) and its quite a shame few  players to date have rise in the market to offer reliable manufacturing alternatives with domestic prices. 
Doing a research a few month ago I found an exciting product worth mentioning that offer rapid prototyping solutions for domestic fabrication. The product is called fab@home and is basically a 3d printer.  3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by successive layers of material. The printers can set you back around $2000 for a ready made machine  or you can save money  assembling it yourself. All parts are easy to find (off the shelves).  Fab@home is open source which is exciting for modifications  and the creators are trying to push an idea of open hardware.  The term open hardware usually means that information about the hardware is open to all. This would include the hardware design (i.e.schematics, bill of materials and PCB layout data), as well as a FOSS approach to the software that drives the hardware.

Model 1 of Fab @ home

Video Below

3D Printer in Action, Video is 64x times faster

If you want to obtain more information about Fab@Home you can visit them at http://fabathome.com/