paladindyth: Thanks for that catch! I knew there was another name, but I couldn't recall what it was.
Necratoid: Zeke's early proof-of-concept work will indeed be messy looking kitbashes, but once he's ready for practical application he'll try to
move away from that, and a fabber will be the first thing he tries. (Part of the early fun could be in watching as his initial experiments work at first, but
once pressured into action, then fall apart.)
IIRC, iron is an excellent conductor. It's either almost as good or better than copper. Copper just gets more use because it's less prone to corrosion.
As for the fabber itself, the link that paladindythe posted was very helpful. With that information, I can now see Zeke building his own fabber for a lot less
money that it would cost to buy a 'professional' grade machine. And instead of being the simpler machines shown on the site, I can easily see Zeke
employing a four- or six-syringe custom built model in order to lay down all the materials required for a circuit card in one go (a necessity if you're
laying down a multi-layered card).
Heck, once he gains access to a proper kiln, I can even see him building ceramic armor by having the fabber lay down the individual pieces (I'm thinking an
ablative-style with small replaceable segments) and then curing them in the kiln. Don't worry, that's for much later.
Necratoid: Zeke's early proof-of-concept work will indeed be messy looking kitbashes, but once he's ready for practical application he'll try to
move away from that, and a fabber will be the first thing he tries. (Part of the early fun could be in watching as his initial experiments work at first, but
once pressured into action, then fall apart.)
IIRC, iron is an excellent conductor. It's either almost as good or better than copper. Copper just gets more use because it's less prone to corrosion.
As for the fabber itself, the link that paladindythe posted was very helpful. With that information, I can now see Zeke building his own fabber for a lot less
money that it would cost to buy a 'professional' grade machine. And instead of being the simpler machines shown on the site, I can easily see Zeke
employing a four- or six-syringe custom built model in order to lay down all the materials required for a circuit card in one go (a necessity if you're
laying down a multi-layered card).
Heck, once he gains access to a proper kiln, I can even see him building ceramic armor by having the fabber lay down the individual pieces (I'm thinking an
ablative-style with small replaceable segments) and then curing them in the kiln. Don't worry, that's for much later.