Printing a printer: Core Bot Part 2

The first step I took in building my Core Bot was printing out all the parts for the machine. I was fortunate that my friend was traveling for 3 weeks and lent me his Makerbot Replicator 1 so that I could start print all the pieces I needed to build the printer. My family was…

Building a 3d printer: Core Bot Part 1

I’ve been dabbling in 3d printing at work for the past year and now I’m addicted. I have two friends who own 3d printers and I’m constantly impressed with the many different creative projects they create with them, everything from bird houses to artistic sculptures to belt buckles! You can see much of this work…