Gadgetory

so if you've been wanting to make something big like a crazy space helmet you know you can't complain anymore this is the MakerBot replicator z18 you can make things that are 12 inches by 12 inches by 18 inches tall in this machine so 2592 cubic inches in our manufacturing facility we're going to use this to make jigs and fixtures to make make robots if you have a manufacturing facility go crazy get a lot of these game on if you have ideas and these machines just aren't big enough for you well you can make small components and stack them up and put them together the MakerBot replicator z18 is just like wow it's big not only can you make big things that you could you've got with 12 by 12 inches on the platform you can make a lot of things at one time so instead of doing one off so you can make nine 10 a lot of things all at once it's a really big platform and it's solid this is industrial-strength 3d printing this has been our dream for a long time and now we get to show you so just like the MakerBot replicator you've got a 100 micron layer resolution it's optimized for MakerBot PLA filament this should sound familiar you've got the 3.5 inch full color LCD display looks luscious easy to browse all your things on the machine it's ultra connected so whether or not you want to use your USB stick or connected by a USB cable or Ethernet cable or connect to it over Wi-Fi we've got you covered it's got this same great camera to make it easy to share your designs and monitor your 3d prints just like the other machines app and cloud enabled it's got the same great MakerBot replicator smart extruder again this is snap-on and if you run out of film and it'll it'll send you a message and tell you to come feed it and this is something special about this machine for dimensional stability of big objects it really helps to have an enclosed build and so there's actually heater in here and it takes a little bit longer to heat up than the other machines but it means that your giant objects will remain dimensionally stable and solid so for the technical in the audience this is a big win shipping spring 2014 so stay tuned you're going to have to wait to purchase this but it's coming in spring and we can't wait to put these in your hands you