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why not hack a toaster? why not hack a blender?
by gaze 5y ago
why not hack a toaster? why not hack a blender?
- tdeck 5y agoPresumably because the ender 3 (a 3D printer) already has a 3-axis CNC gantry and those kitchen appliances do not.
- robbedpeter 5y agoThat'd be a neat toaster.
- OJFord 5y agoDremel make a handheld blowtorch, (it's not meant for the kitchen but that's where mine sees most use) you could totally strap it to an x/y gantry (like people do with Dremel rotary tools for mini PCB/engraving mills) and toast bread. Hard part would be controlling gas flow and ignition.
- Taniwha 5y agoyeah toasters are just 1D with only a 7-8cm resolution
- robbedpeter 5y agoAs far as I can tell, toasters and blenders don't do 25-50 micron x/y alignment by design. Seems like replacing the hot-end module on a 3d printer with a pick&place module could solve a lot of the project scope. Selling the p&p module and software lowers the barrier to entry sufficiently that you'll get lots of interest and easily available replacement parts for most of the machine.
- gaze 5y agoMy point, that I should have couched in less snark, is that the ONLY thing that 3D printers have are the X, Y, and Z axes. The Z axis is also way too slow for a PNP. While it seems on the surface to be a good starting place, it’s maybe 10% of the way there and after adding feeders, computer vision, and all these other things, now all you have is a pick and place built on an unsuitable platform and you’ve saved essentially negligible amounts of time or money. I mean to say that a toaster and a blender are not that much closer to being a good starting platform than a 3D printer as a fraction of the total design of the machine. It’s superficial.