Chocolate Thunder From Down Under

Created on 19 Oct 2021

Ever thought 3d printing was boring? Us too. Add some chocolate and its fun!

Our project is a 3d printer that builds with chocolate rather than plastic. We have cool ideas and even cooler chocolate because it won’t be melted by the time we’re done with it. Hopefully we can modify an existing FDM printer or do some fancy SLS ideas. We’ll need to add some fancy thermal management features and a ton of tuning to get our chocolate to print. We also want to see how much chocolate we can fit in our budget before we raise suspicion with the Build18 exec board. A few buzzwords: blockchain, ML, AI, deep learning, 3D printing, quantum computing Parts list in parts section and here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-nRvLrxdAhHTV4br6_4L0fjZedhTALCgCPtYoUkiV6U/edit#gid=0

@edwardli

Edward Li

@kjnewman

KJ Newman

@ntalvare

Nicholas Alvarez

@gxgao

George Gao

@jxli

Joseph Li

Part Cost Quantity Total
500 mL Syringe $14.99 1 $14.99
Syringe to hold chocolate
Heater Fabric $12.50 2 $25.00
Heater fabric to maintain chocolate temperature
Space Blanket $5.80 1 $5.80
Insulation to maintain temperature
Ender 3 $189.00 1 $189.00
Base 3D printer to modify
Relays $8.99 1 $8.99
Relays for heater power switching
Thermistors $0.95 10 $9.50
Thermistors for closed loop temperature control
Power Supply $25.99 1 $25.99
Power supply to run 12V electronics
Coupler and Lead Screw $11.99 1 $11.99
Drive system to extrude chocolate
Extra Fans $6.59 1 $6.59
Extra fans to cool chocolate after printing
Candy $1.99 1 $1.99
The most important part
Project Totals: 20 $299.84
Track 1 Base Budget: $250.00
Preferred Vendor Budget Bonus: $50.00
Remaining Budget: $0.16