Personal 3D Printer Coming With Fabrication Capabilities - FABtotum

The idea of 3D printers has been one of great interest primarily for its ability to create things of real world items. There are the news items where someone s creating a gun with a 3D printer, but that is not what we are interested in. The idea of having something where you can create a digital display of the item and then create it is a fascinating concept bringing the future to us much sooner than expected. But, with the sky high prices for 3D printers, it has been way out of reach for most of us. That looks to be changing as there is one making its way to market which is going to be at the $1,000 price barrier.

The FABtotum personal fabricator is currently raising funds on Indiegogo and they have surpassed their goal by double with 35 days still to go. And you can participate in this as well. What makes this of great interest is that it is a 3D printer. And it is a fabrication machine where you can mill items as though you were a manufacturer. You get both of these in a single box.

Coming in at 14 inches square, the FABtotum will easily fit on your desk. And in that small size, you can produce items up to 8.3 by 9.5 by 9.5 inches in size making this a pretty great item to have. So, you get a 3D printer and a fabrication machine (CNC) which makes this a pretty good deal. But, you also get a 3D scanner. Three items in a small compact box make this one something which could be a must have.




If you are interested in getting a 3D printer which puts the power of creating your own items from the digital world into the real world, then the FABtotum is for you. You can get one by contributing $999 for a DIY kit which you assemble. For another $100, you can get one assembled and ready to plug into your computer. These are estimated to be shipped in May 2014 and seems to be a great deal given prices for other 3D printers.

RigidBot - Your Own Personal 3D Printer

KicStarter Friday - A 3D Printer at a price the majority can afford.

There has been a lot of talk about 3D printers over the past year and some of that is the result of TV shows basing part of the story line around one building a gun made out of plastic. While that may sound far fetched to you, it is not that far away from reality where a 3D printer can produce one. Today, what was once a huge device costing multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars is coming down in price to the masses. And they are starting to show up for less than $2,000 which is still a little out of reach for many. But, that is changing.

This weeks KickStarter project is the RigidBot 3D Printer at an affordable price. And that price will be $499 as shown above which is significantly less than the Replicator 2 which they are comparing against. There are a lot of other models which are less than $2,000. But the idea of producing a 3D printer for under $500 has gotten a lot of attention. And that attention has turned into pledges for people for the 3D printer from Invent A Part.

As the video demonstrates, the RigidBot 3D printer will be able to produce plastic items which have been programmed into to it using plastic which is melted just prior to it being placed on the item being built. Layer upon layer is added until the planned item is completed. In this case, it was a chess piece as you can see. Other items can be created as well and this is an excellent example of how technology continues to shrink and become available to us all with the RigidBot 3D printer.

At the moment, the RigidBot 3D printer KickStarter project still has 35 days to go and the original goal of $31,500 has been exceed and they are sitting at $307,739 which shows just how popular the idea of a 3D printer is with people. And this is estimated to arrive in September this year. With all the money they are gathering, this one looks like it is going to be a reality and provide something which will be both educational and functional. Take a look for yourself.