[ale] 3D printing

[Greg Freemyer]

Knowing next to nothing about freeside except it has various tools.

Can I do carpentry there?

On a big scale?

I want to buy some 8"x8" timbers, 10 ft. long.

Then drill (mortise really) holes through them that would let a 4"x4"
slide through?

I seriously doubt the answer is yes, but I've been looking and not
found much in the way of solutions.

(My best bet is try to find someone with a good drill-press and buy a
1" mortising chisel for $300 or so.  Then use the mortising chisel to
drill out the perimeter of the square I want, then flip the timber and
do it again.

Doable, but it would be much better with good tools.

fyi: My ultimate goal is to build a few high end kayak / canoe racks.
2 of the timbers 8' apart would be the vertical posts, then slide the
4x4s through them to be the arms.

Thanks
Greg

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Sparr <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Freeside has two (almost three). There is a 3d printing meetup every
> few months where people bring theirs in and discuss them. If you'd
> like to stop by and see ours let me know, I live a few doors down and
> am free most afternoons and weekends.
>
> http://freesideatlanta.org/
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
>> Does anyone on the list have (access to) a 3D printer that they have used?
>> I ask because I would like to see one firsthand and learn more about what
>> they're really capable of.
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