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Using an FDM-style 3D printer
From the course: Rapid Prototyping for Product Design
Using an FDM-style 3D printer
One of the most common types of 3D printing is FDM, or Fused Deposition Modeling. There are many different manufacturers of this type of printer, and for low cost Hobby Time machines, FDM is the most common. This includes machines like the MakerBot, RepRap style machines, and Utility Maker. There are also higher level machines made for production, that are bigger and better, however, much more expensive. For hobby styled printers, some of the least expensive units can be bought for less than $500, so it's very easy to get started with printing your own parts. As for the FDM processing, we thought of so much using a hot melt glue gun and drawing the outline of your part, then moving up layer by layer, building the final shape. Inside the FDM machine, there is a plastic filament that looks a lot like wire on a spool. In fact, this wire here, or this filament comes in a bunch of different colors, and can be loaded in the machine for printing different types of parts. The filament is…
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