Saturday, March 08, 2014
The LATHON Dual Nozzle 3D Printer
hackaday.com: Our friends at Freeside Atlanta have been keeping busy despite the city-stopping snowstorms they’ve been suffering recently. This time it’s a 3D printer with dual extrusion: the LATHON printer. [Nohtal] bought his first 3D printer only two years ago, but his experiences led him to build his own to overcome some of the issues he encountered with standard printers.
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Dual nozzels aren't actually a new thing. There are a lot of 3d printers on the market that instead of using cartridge style loading mechanisms, they have a reserved nozzle used for build material, and another reserved for fill material. Using them both for color printing (in filaments, of course) is smart, but I wonder what happens when you need filler material, and are printing in 2 colors. BUT his nozzle array seems impressive, because it does seem that the print head space is minimal. I feel like this setup could be easily adapted to 3-color and color mixing printers, although most of that is done with the highly expensive and accurate particulate printing.
I was reading the comments on the link and a lot of people were saying that all those new features aren't actually new... I don't know, I'm not an expert on 3D printing, just an admirer. If I understood correctly, this printer can print numerous materials like wood fiber and stuff... That's pretty cool! I wonder if this really is a step up. Is $4000 cheap for a 3D printer? I just keep thinking about how they printed an organ and wonder if maybe this isn't necessarily a "step up" and more an affordable alternative to what already exists. Either way, I congratulate him for his enthusiasm (even though he seemed very nervous...) and he should definitely keep pursuing this path he is on because who knows where it can take him!
I am in the same boat as Becki when it comes to 3D printers, I actually don't know much about them, I just know they are really cool! I know there are a few different kinds of printers now with a huge a range of prices. Just based on what I knew previously, $4000 seems reasonable or even cheap because of what it can do. A lot of what he talked about did sound familiar, so I know it probably isn't new, but it did sound like he was doing somethings differently, so that's something. At the very least, he has designed his own 3D printer, which is still quite an accomplishment!
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