Comments on: Candyfab 6000: latest rev of 3D sugar-printer http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505648 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505648 @manicbassman: "... your problem was you used the term "3-axis stereolithography"... if you'd said it would be a 3D printer and could "print" solid shapes he might have seen it..." Bass Man- the term 'stereolithography' didn't exist yet. The weird part is that his company was building large 5-axis CNC routers! He should have seen the value of the design, especially for prototyping. Everything we needed to build one was laying around. [I wasn't an employee- he brought me in as a mfg. consultant, to streamline his production floor.] @manicbassman: “… your problem was you used the term “3-axis stereolithography”… if you’d said it would be a 3D printer and could “print” solid shapes he might have seen it…”

Bass Man- the term ‘stereolithography’ didn’t exist yet. The weird part is that his company was building large 5-axis CNC routers! He should have seen the value of the design, especially for prototyping. Everything we needed to build one was laying around.
[I wasn't an employee- he brought me in as a mfg. consultant, to streamline his production floor.]

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505416 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505416 But it can't print chocolaty nougat. But it can’t print chocolaty nougat.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505423 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505423 Ja, but how is die Süßigkeit <i>tasting<i/>? Ja, but how is die Süßigkeit tasting?

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505424 Johnny Cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505424 Data, put the turbolifts back online. Data, put the turbolifts back online.

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505435 ackpht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505435 Needs a laser. Fifty watts ought to do it. Needs a laser. Fifty watts ought to do it.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505446 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505446 Having worked in numerically-controlled glue dispensing, I once proposed a 3-axis 'stereolithography' machine to the boss, before the word was invented. He couldn't see it. I drew it up. Still have the drawings. He still couldn't see the value of it. Oh well. Good thing I've got better things cooking. Having worked in numerically-controlled glue dispensing, I once proposed a 3-axis ‘stereolithography’ machine to the boss, before the word was invented. He couldn’t see it. I drew it up. Still have the drawings. He still couldn’t see the value of it. Oh well. Good thing I’ve got better things cooking.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-531347 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-531347 SWEEEEEEET! ! ! SWEEEEEEET! ! !

]]> By: manicbassman http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505557 manicbassman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505557 #5... your problem was you used the term "3-axis stereolithography"... if you'd said it would be a 3D printer and could "print" solid shapes he might have seen it... #5… your problem was you used the term “3-axis stereolithography”… if you’d said it would be a 3D printer and could “print” solid shapes he might have seen it…

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505564 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505564 What happens when a colony of ants discovers this device? What happens when a colony of ants discovers this
device?

]]> By: airship http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505579 airship Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505579 I want one to make candy whistles. I want one to make candy whistles.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/candyfab-6000-latest.html#comment-505588 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505588 Did someone make a Toot Sweet there? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang FTW! Did someone make a Toot Sweet there? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang FTW!

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