In 3D printing a life-size elephant for the “Get Off the Elephant” campaign, Dutch inventor Joris van Tubergen developed a simple, elegant solution for extending the Z-axis of five Ultimaker 3D printers to print each slice of the massive, plastic pachyderm. Upon the release of a short film documenting the cause to raise awareness around the abuse suffered by elephants in captivity, van Tubergen announced that he would soon take his design to Kickstarter. Now, there’s good news for anyone wanting to print unimaginably tall structures easily with an ordinary Ultimaker 3D printer: the Dutch engineer’s crowdfunding campaign has officially launched.…
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