Now I've got our eye on this SLA machine, Droplit, an entirely open source resin-based stereolithography (SLA) printer soon to be offered by SeeMeCNC! It will come as a kit, although all the pieces (save for that one metal cylinder shape) are open source! The UV source comes from a DLP projector from which you will need to remove the UV filter. To cure the resin? A UV nail lamp from Walmart! Now, THAT's our kind of budget. You can read more about the Droplit on this 3Dprint.com post.
I also got the chance to chat with the Matter and Form folks. We will be receiving ours any day now!
A 3D printer zoetrope - what a great idea and potentially awesome collaborative school project. :)
Finally, I wanted to acknowledge the Made in Space project. It's pretty incredible - they plan to send their first printers into microgravity on September 21!
Eventually, they hope to use moon dirt as their "filament" to build what they will need.
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