emPrinting in Plastic Build Your Own 3D Printer emis your gateway into the exciting world of personal fabrication. The printer that you'll build from this book is a personal fabricator capable of creating small parts and other objects from drops of molten plastic. Design a part using a modeling tool such as Google SketchUp. Then, watch while the fabricator head sweeps back and forth and upwards, depositing plastic in all the right places. You can build anything from a replacement tab to hold a bookshelf in place, to a small art project, to a bashguard for your bicycle. If you can conceive it and design it, you can build it, and you'll have fun doing it! p emPrinting in Plasticem is aimed at creative people comfortable using power tools such as a table saw, circular saw, and drill press. Authorsstrong James Kelly strongandstrong Patrick Hood-Danielstrong lead you through building a personal fabrication machine based upon a set of blueprints downloaded from their website. Example project