tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43741103587448177872024-03-08T01:04:17.326-08:00Making A Big UltimakerBruce Wattendorfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575931950899129971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4374110358744817787.post-16445393378373400572011-10-24T10:51:00.000-07:002011-10-24T11:16:51.656-07:00First post and Introduction<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This Blog is about my Son's and I adventure in making a 4 ft by 3 ft <a href="http://blog.ultimaker.com/">Ultimaker</a> which is a open source 3d printer. first a little bit of history. </div><div><br /></div><div>We have both been involved in 3d printers since for the most part the beginning of the www.RepRap.org project.</div><div>My son <a href="http://www.rep-up.com/">Nick Wattendorf</a> while watching <a href="http://www.arcattack.com/">Arc Attack</a> at the 2011 Worlds Makers Fair in NY this past year got a idea to make a large Ultimaker so he knew about a 4 ft by 3 ft laser cutter and the rest is well in the works and is why I am writing this blog.</div><div><br /></div><div>What I am planing on blogging</div><div><br /></div><div>I plan on blogging about the steps that was involved in the modifying of the Ultimaker files the issues we have and the laser cutting steps, trials, and adventure.. </div><div><br /></div><div>What we are using for tools</div><div><br /></div><div>CAD software</div><div>We are using <a href="http://www.qcad.org/">Qcad</a> Professional (it is a great 2d cad program) to layout the parts. </div><div><br /></div><div>laser cutter</div><div>The laser cutter is a part of <a href="http://www.makeitlabs.com/">Make-it-Labs</a> it is a Rabbit Laser RL-80-1290 150 watt tube laser.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bruce Wattendorfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575931950899129971noreply@blogger.com1