Hire a 3d Printer?

[hobbit666]

Do you think this could work. Say if the auto levelling side of things works. And you work out the best settings of a standard material like PLA only?

My thinking is, build a Rostock, calibrate it for PLA, use the auto levelling thingy that's in progress then hook up a RiPi and a touch screen so you can hire the machine to someone and they can just put it on the desk, then place a SD card in loaded with the model. Then click "Print" The machine will auto calibrate the bed level using the probe, then print the job with standard settings you know works for PLA?

Was thinking if something like this could work with Rostock/Delta printers http://ceit.uq.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Ul ... 3D_Printer

[JohnStack]

You've seen Octoprint.org, right?

Works. The CEIT project looks good since there is a queue. To fully automate, a claw will have to bap the print off the bed!

[hobbit666]

Not seen the Octoprint.org


Not thinking of fully automate just something you could set-up say to hire to a school for the day that have several models on a SD card ready to print.


(Just me thinking of was to make money and fund buying/building a 3d printer lol)

[626Pilot]

I hire mine out, but it stays on my desktop and no one gets to mess with it.