SGV Linux Users Group - 3D Printing, What is it good for anyway?
Details
This month, we are hosted by New Matter (http://newmatter.com), a new 3D printing company incubated at Idealab. Meetup RSVPs will be capped at 50 as there is a limit to how many people will fit in the space, and many of the SGVLUG members are not on Meetup. We'll head out to Du-Par's Restaurant and Bakery around 9:30pm for a late dinner.
We welcome the 3D printing community--whether they are experts or neophytes--to share the things they've printed and spark a conversation about what we can do with 3D printing, how to get started, and how 3D printing can be used for art, home, hobby, and work. Please contact Lan (L dot Dang at ymail dot com) if you are bringing something for show and tell or want to do a lightning talk.
Topic:
Dave Flynn will share his extensive experience with 3D printing from the past 4 years, as well as his motivations for designing and building his own 3D printer. Specifically, his experience is with the RepRap style of 3D printers.
The presentation will be short as Dave much prefers answering questions.
Bio:
David M. Flynn
Engineer, Technician, Maker
- 1985 BA Industrial Arts (Metal Technology) CSULA
- 1987 Paper tape reader emulator, Apple //e, Pascal, 6502 assembly, Wire-wraped I/O Card
- 1991 Single spindle PCB driller w/ automatic tool change, Mac SE30+, Galil 730
- 1995 Oxford V.U.E., Inc., Cupric chloride etcher controller (Vis-U-Etch 5), TTL logic
- 1999 Vis-U-Etch 7, PIC16F877 based w/ ethernet
- 2012 First 3D printer (Bukobot 1, Deezmaker), Cable drive, Arduino Mega based.
- 2012-2015 Lots-o-stuff, Tank, Nerf cannon, Robots, etc.
- 2015 Designed and built a screw drive rep-rap 3D printer, Arm M3, Smoothieware.
- 2016 Update and upgrade of 3D printer. Beaglebone (Arm A8), Replicape, Redeem.