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The focus of this page is on | The focus of this page is on understand the layout of Noisebridge, getting beginners up to speed. | ||
If you are interested in adding to this group you can contact [[User:Romyilano|Romyilano]] | If you are interested in adding to this group you can contact [[User:Romyilano|Romyilano]] | ||
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The Noisebridge 3D printing workspace is in the "front" next to the HackerStackers. I was just informed by a friendly Noisebridge member that they are shifting the space around and expanding it. | The Noisebridge 3D printing workspace is in the "front" next to the HackerStackers. I was just informed by a friendly Noisebridge member that they are shifting the space around and expanding it. | ||
===Hardware/3D Printing Workstation PC=== | ===Hardware/3D Printing Workstation PC=== | ||
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** There is a lasercutter login, so I'm guessing you don't have to be in the lasercutter login. I am guessing that this is for awesome lasercutting projects. | ** There is a lasercutter login, so I'm guessing you don't have to be in the lasercutter login. I am guessing that this is for awesome lasercutting projects. | ||
* Saving Time - you can save a lot of time by doing a lot of stuff on your own computer. Some processes which are detailed later on in this wiki like "slicing" can sometimes take up to an hour or more to complete. | * Saving Time - you can save a lot of time by doing a lot of stuff on your own computer. Some processes which are detailed later on in this wiki like "slicing" can sometimes take up to an hour or more to complete. | ||
==Hardware / 3D Printers at Noisebridge == | ==Hardware / 3D Printers at Noisebridge == | ||
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=== [[Makerbot]] Wiki Page === | === [[Makerbot]] Wiki Page === | ||
Really one of the friendliest! I'm not sure what's going on because the last update from May 2013 says that the Makerbot is no longer working but we have seen people use it. It's also confusing because there is more than one MakerBot 3D printer... I think ther eare fouro f them, one of them is labelled Peter K Suk so I'm worried about messing with it because it might belong to someone. | |||
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=== Up! 3D printer === | === Up! 3D printer === | ||
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This is an easy to use 3D printer. They are from China and have been extremely aggressive about hiring people from the hacker community to evangelize, but I haven't seen people be very open about this. They have good firmware, it is produced by elite university students. They are not part of the open source community. | This is an easy to use 3D printer. They are from China and have been extremely aggressive about hiring people from the hacker community to evangelize, but I haven't seen people be very open about this. They have good firmware, it is produced by elite university students. They are not part of the open source community. | ||
* Update june 2013 - I think this thing is broken. There is a message not to mess with it. Do not mess with the UP! printer or its boyfriend will come back and whup your ass! | * Update june 2013 - I think this thing is broken. There is a message not to mess with it. Do not mess with the UP! printer or its boyfriend will come back and whup your ass! | ||
* I do not feel like doing free documentation for a private company that is giving checks to hackers. if someone is into that you can do it. | |||
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=== Type A! Machines === | === Type A! Machines === | ||
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* ''The Noisebridge members who created the [[Makerbot]] wiki put up some great software so I'm lifting a lot of the text directly off there.'' | * ''The Noisebridge members who created the [[Makerbot]] wiki put up some great software so I'm lifting a lot of the text directly off there.'' | ||
=== Software: 3D printer Drivers === | === Software: 3D printer Drivers === | ||
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3D printers need drivers. Think of the printer driver that you download and use to print on your laser printer or inkjet printer. If only you could get software drivers for online dates but--whoops that was unprofessional. | 3D printers need drivers. Think of the printer driver that you download and use to print on your laser printer or inkjet printer. If only you could get software drivers for online dates but--whoops that was unprofessional. | ||
Luckily the open source community has provided many great 3D printer drivers. These are also called firmware. | |||
You can hook up the 3D Printers directly to your laptop, plus downloading this free software will help you | |||
==3D Printing Projects== | ==3D Printing Projects== |