{"id":639,"date":"2009-07-17T14:52:28","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T18:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eagleapex.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2025-04-21T08:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:29:15","slug":"open-house-at-3d-printer-solidtechnologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/17\/open-house-at-3d-printer-solidtechnologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Open house at 3D printer SolidTechnologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just this morning I went to an open house at the 3D printer and wholesaler <a href=\"http:\/\/sldtech.com\/\">SolidTechnologies<\/a> and got to see all their cool stuff. SolidTechnologies uses and sells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zcorp.com\/\">Z Corp<\/a> printers. These printers lay down a thin layer of gypsum, and then selectively solidify it with a binder that they can also add color to with plain old HP inkjet cartridges.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some pictures for you:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-639 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0656.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[639]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0656-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-640\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-640'>\n\t\t\t\tPrinted things\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0657.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[639]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0657-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-641\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-641'>\n\t\t\t\tThe printer\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0658.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[639]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0658-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-642\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-642'>\n\t\t\t\tSingle surface mathmatecial model? \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0659.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[639]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0659-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-643\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-643'>\n\t\t\t\tBlurry printing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0660.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[639]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0660-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-644\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-644'>\n\t\t\t\tA printed Owlwrap\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0661.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[639]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eagleApex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0661-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-645\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-645'>\n\t\t\t\tElastomic printing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just this morning I went to an open house at the 3D printer and wholesaler SolidTechnologies and got to see all their cool stuff. 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