3D Printers
3D Printing has been around since the 80’s. However, only recently has the cost of 3D printers become low enough as to make them accessible to the general consumer. With the fall in cost, rise in availability and increasing number of identified applications, 3D printers are making their way into a diverse range of sectors such as health, food and of course, education.
Maker 3D Printer
3D printers are really fun to use. But it was the day (Okay, couple of days!) that I built my own 3D Printer that really gave me an appreciation towards not just the layers of ingenuity that went into creating what I’ll call the ‘3D-Printing-System’ but also, at time, the familiarity of the parts, pieces and interactions.
3D printers used to be a bit of a ‘Black Box’ for me but once I came to see them as a micro-controller with an SD reader for input and some stepper motors for output (Plus a potentiometer to toggle a menu and an mini LCD for navigation), suddenly the whole system was a lot less scary to use (and a lot less difficult to troubleshoot and repair!)
3D Printer Projects
Here is a collection of all the projects I have curated so far that align this technology to Maker Learning. If you have a project that you think belongs here, please register with us to become a contributor and share your project idea!