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3D Printer Will Print You In Chocolate And Full-Color Sugar Candy

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For the sweet lovers 3D system in candies and sugar lab is one of the great and joyful news. It's the chance to print yourself and the ones you love in edible, sugary form. New printers unveiled and also two systems that are capable of printing in sugar and chocolate. ChefJet the name of the models and it certainly seems to do the trick well, having the suffix from its proJet line of industrial printers. The name makes it pretty clear that the target audience is bakers, chefs, hotels and the like.    The plain, old ChefJet is the smaller of the two naturally, explained by the company as a "countertop" device. The printer prints in sugar, chocolate and flavored confection, giving you the right to pick the flavor and almost any design you can 3D print, this is inclusive and not limited to any old standbys like cake toppers and centerpieces. If that's the one thing that has been holding you back from that of any star wedding theme then let us be the first to...

Benan Watchtower - Design WIP

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I thought you might like to see some further development on the 3D design of the Benan Watchtower based around a 500ml Ben & Jerry's ice cream tub with a bit of pringles tube thrown in too! I seem unable to get away from Pringles tubes! It turns out that i needed to extend the height of the watchtower and a Pringles tube is exactly the same diameter as the base of the watchtower so its a perfect fit! I decided to keep with the open hexagonal canopy shape for the watchtower top and to keep the low tech stockade feel rather than a full stone fortress look. The beam work on the tower matches that on the other kits allowing a consistent look to be created. It took some fiddling to get the dimensions to work properly, but here you can see that the upper surface of the watchtower can fit six 30mm display bases. (note sections of the canopy are removed for clarity). clearly 25mm bases will have more 'wiggle' room. The Watchtower is configured to meet with the modular Stockad...