User:Peter210195
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Introduction
My name is Peter Dorsey and I am in my third semester at The Pennsylvania State University. I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering [1]. I intend on graduating in May 2016.
BLOGS
Weekly blogs will be written based on prompts provided by the professor. These blogs are typically related RepRap in one way or another but not always directly.
Blog Number One
A. Something that is amazing/beautiful that I found on thingiverse is: A printable connect four game. The game itself is fun and always amusing! It is amazing because who would't want to own a game they made themselves! The stl can be found here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17605/#files The link to see the Final Project Is as follows http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/38/46/bf/b7/a1/IMG_1483_preview_featured.jpg
B. Something that is funny/strange that I found on thingiverse is: Are paper party glasses. It is your typical gag glasses that will get a laugh or too at a party I found them funny. The stl can be found here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:129152 The link to see the Final Project Is as follows http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/4a/81/b3/56/cd/IMG_2986_preview_featured.jpg
C. Something that is useless that I found on thingiverse is: The Gaudy Golden Mama Necklace. It is a useless embarassing and all around stupid necklace. The stl can be found here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8440 The link to see the Final Project Is as follows http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/76/d5/33/31/b3/BlingForMama_preview_featured.jpg
D. Something that is useful that I found on thingiverse is: A ten way liquid dispenser. This would be great at parties and large gatherings when you need to get a lot of drinks poured for guests at once! The stl can be found here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:99528 The link to see the Final Project Is as follows http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/d9/0a/37/0d/18/Multipot_preview_featured.jpg
E. The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find is: This Pi case was an a-typical design that I found appealing to the eye and I liked because it was different. The stl can be found here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:43124 The link to see the Final Project Is as follows http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/29/80/38/26/2c/Render_1_preview_featured.jpg
Blog Number Two
I am really interested in our recycling project that we are looking into. I find it interesting that we cannot reuse the filament we have already used and wasted and I feel it is very necessary that we finish this project quickly to maximize our printing ability. With this machine we will be able to recycle our old prints that are broken or out of date as well as use plastics such as milk jugs to make new filament for our machines giving us free filament and saving us a lot of money in the long run. I will be starting to work on this project Monday and have looked at the plans and details and feel that it will be a lot of work to make the parts and figure out all we need but the assembly will be quick and easy and will pay off really well. I would also like to look into the dual extruder and learn about our progression with the 3-D printing possibilities we are opening up to our class here at Penn State.
Blog Number Three
Reading through all of my classmates blogs, I feel the most organized and best presented include: Andrew Selzer http://reprap.org/wiki/User:Afs2015 He includes great visuals as well as has a good documentation of all the thing he has done in the class. He also has his page very well organized and it stands out above many other blogs I looked at.
Blog Number Four
The mode of operation presented in the video talks about how you can give away information but because of the nature of information you still retain it. This applies to their business model. This leaves room for people to profit from printing and selling Repraps as well as improvements. However, the greatest part is everyone who has owned or used one can contribute and work will other users to make further improvement. This makes the resources nearly infinite.
The arduino is presented as a tool to inform consumers about something more complex with a simple project. It is akin to a text book. It isn't overly expensive but it is intended for teaching purposes. It is both hard and software and the coding and design are open and available. They made sure everything was simple enough that there was no limitation on who used it. By using having an open source they get free advertising and recognition when their project is used in other projects. They made a point of how google used their design.
The Reprap incorporates the arduino into its design. It is a self replicating project. This allows the consumer to purchase one but produce multiple. Even though this is also an open code that people can improve upon, people who use it selfishly will always lose out. This is because Repraps will always be able to be printed from and 3-D printer making the sale of non replicating printers almost useless.
I do not know of any other companies that use this model but I do think it is a different way of thinking of things. I feel that as far as progress of the project goes it is possibly the best way to go about it. Profit my be better suited using a different model but I can't think of a better way to promote progression.
