Artsy or practical?

[poju @poju My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version]

Why did u get this printer for? To make stuff u imagined? Parts or cases for stuff, someting practical? Or to make something that u imagined, weird, unusuall(parts and practical can be this too), something useless that appeal someones eye in form, shape….. Or to print others ideas that make u want it?

 

How u stand in roboxers?

[pelgrim @pelgrim My Robox is a Green Kickstarter Early Bird]

One of my hobbies is making art, and robox fits into this hobby.
Another reason is that I want to create parts that I can not make myself, or not in a reasonable time.
I spend little time with plants, and want to have some creative solutions to subjects like wattering plants, capturing water, and make creative pots.
And I want to experiment with the combinations of light-weight 3D objects and magnets.

For now, nothing to show, I was waiting for a stable release, and now the print head is a bit
angry at the latest firmware. If the next release brings no solution I got the message from CEL
to send the print head back.

java (EE), JavaFX, HTML, GIS) programmer, database wizard, framework inventor, looking for a job ! http://roboxing.com/wizards

[BHudson @bhudson My Robox is a Green Kickstarter Beta]

I bought my first Robox to start making the parts I designed. I bought the second and third because I got good prices and because I found that I was printing so many parts that I would have a backlog. I will be adding two more larger printers soon. I have printed a vast variety of things, but most of them tend to be technical. Because many of them are for customers and are considered intellectual property, I can’t share them. Sorry. But I have also printed Groot for my girlfriend, lids for canisters, electronics enclosures, wire guide tubes, phone mounts, vases, and several other things I can’t remember right now. 3D printing allows me to have parts in a short time at almost no cost when getting a similar part made or buying it would be cost or time prohibitive.

I also found that PET material makes pretty good leaf springs for light applications.

I am not affiliated with CEL; I operate two Betas and one Production Robox.

[click @click My Robox is a Green Kickstarter Limited Edition]

I was eyeing 3D printers for a two years now and was ready to get RepRap but lack of spare time to put it together put me off until I saw Robox. And as Kickstarter that promised not to deliver to until at least April 2014 it worked perfectly for me.

I have a lot of day dreams about things and 3D printer fit in realisation of some of them. Here are some of them:

- tiny Spektrum (DSM/DMS2 maybe DSMX) compatible transmitter programmed by Android app for my tiny helicopters (started with mCPX, then 130X and nano). In the mean time Hubsan did exactly what I was dreaming of - but only for their quad and no extra ‘computer radio’ functions. 3D printer would be making an enclosure for it using old, broken Wii Nunchuck, ATmega, bluetooth serial adapter electronics..

- always dreamed of biped with RPi in the ‘chest’ and at least 4 servos for legs and arms, RPi’s cam for an ‘eye’. 3D printer parts for servo holders in legs and arms.. and torso and head…

- simpler to biped would be spider - already started working on it…

- enclosures for my hobby electronic projects

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[Andy S @andylion My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version]

I’m a student studying with the intention of doing independent game development, so 3D modelling is one of the key skills I need to get decent at. Printing out things I’ve designed/being able to design and make useful things is good motivation to practice.

I’ve a bit of an interest in electronics (where it meets computing mostly) so enclosures and mechanisms are interesting for that.

I’m also a tabletop gamer so I can use various models/terrain/counters/tokens/accessories and so on.

Then there was that blind in the kitchen that needed a small, easy to design, hard to create part to mend it…

 

So I’m inclined to say “Both”

[Steve N @discosteve My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version]

I bought mine for practical use - not arty stuff

12-13 years ago I was building models for a simulator and found that I was looking at real things and thinking how it would convert to a 3D model and how I would render it.

Now, I’m looking at solutions to problems and thinking how I can build them in OpenSCAD and the right way to 3D print them - how many pieces does an object need to be, which faces will be facing the PEI bed etc

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Steve N | Creator of things both virtual and physical

[Pete @pete My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version]

Early on I made a lot of photography grip type stuff, clamps and holders for various things. I still use a lot of these but want to revise some designs/improve some print quality.

I haven’t had time for much of that lately, most prints I do are posted to people as samples

I did make a flower shaped toothbrush holder which my wife described to me but the children have hidden it somewhere. I’ll have to print another one.

Personally I love revolutionary ideas and designing. Most of my ideas are for personal use or to save or take over the world. If I can print them I go beyond pencil sketches to CAD design which is where a lot of the ideas fall over. The ones that do make it to the printer tend to be fairly simple.

eg this xmas tree

Printed as a simple flat spiral then stretched up from the centre while it was still hot. I love this type of experiment, doing something that no-one has done before (as far as I know). I hate when I discover someone already thought of my idea

For me, useful parts, but if the printer isn’t doing anything I tend to ask the kids or just print something fun from the web.

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