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[MUSIC] Now let's talk about where | |
you can find a 3D printer. Hopefully, by now you're intrigued enough | |
to want to try 3D printing for yourself. That's great, the only problem is that to | |
try, you'll need access to a 3D printer. Fortunately you have a number | |
of different options. First of all, you could buy a 3D printer. Although there are a variety different | |
printers that you could purchase, we recommend that you | |
start with FDM printer. This is the safest and least expensive | |
form of 3D printing hardware. If you're on a tight budget, we recommend | |
taking a look at the Printrbot. That's printrbot.com and | |
printrbot has a number of printers you can purchase for | |
as low as $300. If you have a bit more money to spend, | |
we recommend the Ultimaker printer, which we use in our lab. And this typically retails for | |
about $2500 US. However, since Ultimaker is a partner | |
in specialization, certified learners will be able to purchase this | |
printer at a discounted price. There's also a wide ranfe of options | |
between the Printrbot and the Ultimaker. Our additional resource page | |
includes links to several good 3D printer reviews to aid | |
you in your purchase decision. Now if you're not quite ready to buy | |
your own 3D printer, that's okay, there's still a variety of ways you can | |
try out this technology for yourself. If you're connecting with the university, | |
you should check to see if your school has a 3D printing lab, many of them | |
do, and let me give you a few examples. In the US the University of Arizona, | |
the University of Tennessee, the University of Utah have all set up | |
3D printing labs quite recently, and students, faculty and | |
staff can use them at a very low cost. If you're not connected | |
with the university, you can perhaps find a 3-D printer | |
at your local public library. For example, the Harold Washington Library in downtown | |
Chicago has a great maker's space filled with several 3-D printers that anyone | |
can try just by having a library card. In addition to libraries, hacker spaces | |
are a great place to find 3-D printers, and also learn more about | |
the growing maker movement. There are thousands of hacker | |
spaces around the world, you could easily find one near | |
you by browsing hackerspaces.org, in fact Maker Bot grew out of a hacker | |
space in Brooklyn known as NYC resistor. Other great examples of hacker spaces | |
include the Electro Lab in Renece France. Makers in Mumbai India and my favorite, | |
Sector 67 in Madison Wisconsin. Although hacker spaces typically | |
charge members a monthly fee, most are happy to give you | |
a free tour of their facilities. Now if you don't have a university, | |
library or a hacker space with a printer close to you, don't worry, | |
you still have a few options. You might be able to find somebody | |
who owns a 3D printer and is living close by, | |
by browsing the website 3Dhubs.com. If this doesn't work, you can access a 3D printer remotely | |
using a variety of 3D printing providers. They're located on the web, including | |
3Dhubs Voodoo manufacturing and shapeways, we have information and links to all these | |
providers as well as some offers for discounted printing through them | |
on our additional resources page. [MUSIC] |