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Isn't it a given that using a cartesian co-ordinates to encode polar data would sound awful (that said, I am very surprised at the quality)? I'd love to see wh
by afandian 14y ago
Isn't it a given that using a cartesian co-ordinates to encode polar data would sound awful (that said, I am very surprised at the quality)?
I'd love to see what they could do with a polar printer, depositing material on a spinning disc. I'm sure it could be done.
- Kliment 14y agoIt could be, and has been, but now some fucker is attempting to patent it and ruin it for everyone else. See http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wjsteele/ultra-bot-3d-printer/posts/362119 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wjsteele/ultra-bot-3d-pr... for details. "Is it open source? No... this design is so revolutionary that I had to patent it to protect my IP. This design has the potential to change the 3D printing industry. It affords many benefits that make it stand out above all other 3d printers." It's not a new design at all, one of the first Reprap prototypes was a polar printer circa 2006 and there have been several other attempts at it since. Of course, because of the variable accuracy (least accurate away from the center) they don't usually get much use.