Using Sharpies to 3D Print in Multiple Colors

[Brian_Krassenstein]

Artist and teacher Tom Burtonwood has made good use of his time in his residency at the Maker Media Lab, building on his first project where he employed the use of Sharpies to add light coloring to his 3D prints. Afterward, he became interested in the idea of developing a mechanism that could colorize filament even more efficiently and perhaps allow him to manipulate the color more precisely for adding patterns and shapes. Burtonwood experimented with his new colorization device and finally settled on standard servos to drive the pens in a horizontal motion, offering more mechanized colorization to his 3D prints, but still requiring modifications to get more control of the color as well as providing darker hues. Read more about the project here: http://3dprint.com/82218/sharpies-warpweft-prototype/


Below is a photo of the first functional prototype:

[Wolfie]

interesting but it has to be controlled by more than either off or on in a free run clock. Its gotta be controlled and actuated based on filament feed for any hopes of forming any recognizable pattern.