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The Genius of the Lego Printer

Posted by timothy on from the dot-by-dot-by-dot dept.

Barence writes "If you've ever struggled to build anything more complex than a cube of Lego, this will blow your mind. It's a fully functioning Lego printer, complete with felt tip print head."

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  1. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Stop linking to websites that link to the actual fucking article: http://www.b3ta.com/links/Lego_printer

    Also, this is just a more advanced variation of a project included with the original Lego Mindstorms kit.

    P.S.: fucking Flash used for video again. Lame.

    1. Re:WTF by Endo13 · · Score: 3, Informative

      And sometimes there's some pretty good reasons for it. Like in this particular instance the article is a great read and perfectly fine to do so anywhere you please. The forums with the original post, on the other hand, not so much.

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  2. Re:Better than Anything HP Puts Out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Somewhere, there are LaserJet IIs still printing.

    Not all HP printers are consumer grade junk.

  3. Re:It's not a printer by poopdeville · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, it's not a plotter. Plotters are able to move the substrate back and forth underneath the pen. Combined with the left and right motion, a plotter can make a line in any direction on the substrate. "Plotters are restricted to line art," as your wikipedia link says. This can't even do line art. It must rasterize ("pixelize") an image before it can be printed.

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  4. Re:I want a 3D printer by g0bshiTe · · Score: 4, Informative

    They have one, it's called RepRap.

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  5. Direct YouTube link by steveha · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX09WnGU6ZY

    steveha

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