The CandyFab 4000 DIY 3D Sugar Cube Printer is a thing of beauty and wonderment. The parts cost around $500 in old money, and the result comes out as a layered three dimensional object made of caramelised sugar. Pop a large amount of granulated sugar in one end, flick a switch and watch 3D products come out the other. It’s completely boffin-tastic. More information can be found here, and apparently there’s a CandyFab 5000 coming (maybe with food safe output? Yum!)
Our design goals were (1) a low cost design leveraging recycled components (2) large printable volume emphasized over high resolution, and (3) ability to use low-cost printing media including granulated sugar. We are extremely pleased to be able to report that it has been a success: Our three dimensional fabricator is now fully operational and we have used it to print several large, low-resolution, objects out of pure sugar.
