Helidriver Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 http://www.demilked.com/lix-3d-drawing-pen/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fellow Hobbyist Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I can see rigging of ships and biplanes being a simpler matter with this thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helidriver Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Adding brake/hydraulic lines on gear legs or in gear bays would be easier as well I'm sure... Or adding cables behind instrument panels... so many uses... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) http://www.demilked.com/lix-3d-drawing-pen/ I want One. :wub: And here is the video. http://lixpen.com/ Edited May 1, 2014 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flying Pancake Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I have a 3doodler that is similar to this. I think it was the first of this kind actually. It's much larger, uses 3mm filament, needs to be plugged into the wall and the worst part is it's very noisy. The 3doodler has a fan built in to cool the plastic and this fan makes the thing sound like it's dying. Plus for me anyway the plastic just does not come out smoothly. It continually jams too. I've had a hard time getting anything decent out of it. This definitely looks better! The smaller 1.75mm filament looks like it creates a much finer line than the 3doodler which is much better for modeling purposes I feel. The smaller size also looks much easier to handle than the monstrous 3doodler. Sadly they have music playing over the whole video so you can't hear it in action. Too small for a fan so I'm wondering how they are cooling the plastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 These are really cool! Essentially, they are hi-tech hot glue guns ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) It's not even produced yet. When I clicked on 'buy it now' it went to a fund-raising site to start-up the company . Edited May 1, 2014 by Check Six Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 If one wanted to make it really useful for model builder, or anyone else that require precision, maybe it could be mounted on to a robotic arm or even an X-Y controler so you can program it and precisely control it's path. Otherwise it's probably only good for loose or flowing shapes like hoses and such that aren't perfectly straight in real life. Still very cool though. I'd buy one if it's cheap enough at market. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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