See how a group of students transformed a @MakerBot1 Replicator into a real tattooing instrument: http://buzz.mw/bpgth_l
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And the understatement of the day award goes to: “Repeating the process was more difficult on a real person because real skin had a curved surface and was more flexible than the artificial material.”
Never considered the application of 3D printing to tattoo art. Interesting.
@Christopher_Cline that’s because it’s not 3D printing anymore. They basically stripped away all the 3DP-specific parts and used only the cartesian platform, at which point it didn’t matter anymore whether the machine used to be a 3D printer or a CNC mill.
Btw, simultaneous five-axis tatooing would be quite fun to look at. Maybe a bit nerve-wrecking for whoever has his arm in there, though.
I would not trust my own i2 to give me a tatoo, let alone a makerbot!
Yikes… not sure how I feel about that.
i will hate to hear blood cuddling screams from someone who put his arm into a 3d printer.