[hackpgh-discuss] Re: 3D printing, I mean, 2D printing...
- From: Scott Thomas <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:04:55 -0500
as long as the cardboard is collapsed, stored well, and doesn't take up
much room in the shop, i'd say it'd be cool. (not just yours, jeff; i'm
talking about any of the cardboard box collection we tend to have around)
cardboard boxes abandoned in box form will be enthusiastically thrown in
recycling.
back on topic, i think we could come up with some interesting
cardboard-based machine...
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:43 PM, jeff kephart <n3glv1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> that's cute, I have some fairly large chunks of cardboard,
> just got a 10cu/ft fridge and also the box for one of my
> ebikes (that one is heavy cardboard). If someone with a
> van / suv can come by and grab it.
> May have some higher density foam too.
> I would think the 'gears' maybe from foamboard vs normal
> cardboard..
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Doug Philips <dgou@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ran across this today:
> >
> >
> http://nerdstink.com/post/44631983969/a-functional-mini-plotter-made-with-cardboard
> >
> > Thought it might be a cool kind-of-thing to do for our Mini Maker Faire
> this
> > year. (Aug 18th) Or rather to riff on and do a version of.
> > Maybe re-animate Matt's Cheese printer in faux Medieval hand-driven form?
> > :-)
> >
> > It seems there are an increasing number of cardboard based maker
> projects,
> > and that's something I'd like to play around with.
> >
> > Figured I'd toss it out to see if anyone else is interested. We get a
> fair
> > amount of cardboard going through the shop from our snacks, boxes etc.
> >
> > And yes, I'm thinking of cardboard, treated, for a balloon payload too.
> :-)
> >
> > -=Doug
> >
>
>
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