Buddhamachine

The goal is to provide a 3d scan of the current FM3 Buddhamachine so that it can hopefully be printed on a home 3d printer. Fabricatorz Barry Threw and Brad Phillips did some scans and basic dissection of the device.

Scan 0

Problems

• The current case we used is partially transparent, so we had to pay the casing so that laser light did not diffract and create a broken model.
• Also, the current case is created from a metal mode more than likely by hand and not mechanically designed. This causes problems

Renders

Photos

Files

• http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/rejon/buddhamachine-model/

Assessment

• The case is not very good for 3D Scanning and printing.
• Its a better use of resources to redesign the case for simplest mechanical reproduction
• Also, a great path forward would be a scan and also a total product breakdown, including the chips.
• How can make the entire device copyleft hardware?
• What is the commodity or is it all just niche?
• How could this fit into copyleft hardware project?

External links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM3
• http://www.fm3buddhamachine.com/