Bay Area Maker Faire: May 19-20, 2007, San Mateo Fairgrounds

Maker Faire Bay Area 2007
DIY 3D Sugar Printer

Type: Maker Workbench

Topic(s): Arts | Engineering

Tags: 3d+printing sculpture CNC microcontroller


This home-built CNC, 3D printer fuses layers of granulated sugar, yielding imprecise and low-resolution but low-cost and sweet objects. Resourceful people could build a similar machine for about $500.

Web site: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/3printerpreview

Project photo.

About the Maker(s)

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Windell H. Oskay and Lenore M. Edman have a web site called Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories ("Making the World a Better Place, One Evil Mad Scientist at a Time") where they apply creative technologies in unusual ways and publish new projects weekly.
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/