The modular MM1 3D printer, from MakerMax, has successfully completed its crowdfudning campaign, currently over its goal of $50k by about $8k, at the time of this writing. With that bonus dough, comes bonus prizes for the Kickstarter’s backers. Not only are the funders receiving some goodies, but the open source community will be too, as MakerMex as announces that the entire MM1 platform will be open source.
The MM1 is a modular 3D printer that allows users to interchange print heads for a variety of fabricating tasks. Aside from the single and dual head extruders, the MM1 can be outfitted with a high temperature extruder, a flexible filament extruder, or a paste extruder (embedded in 3D below) for printing in food, clay, or other viscous materials. They also have one non-extruder module, which is an auto-bed leveling module.…
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