According to articles in Science News, materials scientists have been playing with ink jet printers since they were invented, using them to print with materials other than inks, such as plastics or metals in solution.
I'm wondering whether the scientists who were doing this happened to write detailed accounts of the printers they used and the precise procedures they used to modify them. If you know of publications in which they explained all this, I'm interested in knowing about it.
Allan Adler wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@nestle.csail.mit.edu:
I'd check in the patent literature first. Its waay past researcher notebooks, and has become a full-blown industry, so scientists in the private sector are unlikely to be sharing the details of their early work, excpet where they are legally protected. The whole rapid prototyping industry (is based around this technology;
A compiled link page about rapid prototyping;
Instead of a prototype, make it a one-off, customized working part;
The Rapid Prototyping Journal might have more technical details for you;
Regards, R. David Zopf Bomar Specialties Co.
Thanks very much for your help.
I'm tempted to make one of my own:
reprap.org
I'll probably never get that project started, but it sure looks like a way cool tool to have in my workshop.
Suggest put inkjet or such into Scirus search engine.
bob
dvt wrote in news:frgge8$1534$ snipped-for-privacy@f04n12.cac.psu.edu:
I know!! The "garage tinkerer" potential is near-infinite...
Here's another DIY design with a bit broader capabilities, if you go that route;
Regards, R. David Zopf
Allan Adler wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@nestle.csail.mit.edu:
No problem,
heres one more link to a FigurePrints article, this one in Desktop Engineering magazine, (because the article is new, and some of the pictures are pretty impressive);
Regards, R. David Zopf
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