59 - Morgan 3D Printers with Quentin Harley

We talk to Quentin Harley, the "crazy inventor" behind the locally built Morgan 3D Printers

Kenneth & Len chat to Quentin about the how the Morgan 3D printers came to be, building the impossible in 2 weeks, and how to the unique form factor of the Morgan came about in a dream!

Quentin shares a lot of fascinating insights into the history of the printer and demystifies a lot of terms for us, including how you measure print quality & resolution, different types of filaments, the technology behind these printers, open sourcing the hardware and how 3D printing as a whole can be scaled up to the point of printing buildings. We also learned that the popular PLA filament is organic and a fully renewable material!

Find and follow Quentin & the Morgan 3D printers online:

• https://twitter.com/QuentinHarley
• http://www.morgan3dp.com/
• https://github.com/qharley
• https://github.com/RepRapMorgan

Here are some resources mentioned in the show:

• House4Hack - http://www.house4hack.co.za/
• E3D-v6 Hotend - http://e3d-online.com/E3D-v6
• XTC-3D - https://www.smooth-on.com/product-line/xtc-3d/
• RAPDASA - http://www.rapdasa.org/
• GAP (Gauteng Accelerator Program) - http://www.theinnovationhub.com/opportunities/gap-innovation-3
• Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/
• OpenSCAD - http://www.openscad.org/
• RapCAD - https://github.com/GilesBathgate/RapCAD
• SketchUp - http://www.sketchup.com/
• Inventor - https://www.autodesk.co.za/products/inventor/overview
• Simplify3D - https://www.simplify3d.com/
• MakerCon - http://themakerspace.co.za/makercon/

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