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3Doodler Pen is the world’s first 3D drawing pen introduced by the toy company WobbleWorks. It allows scribble drawings or designs to rise above the two-dimensional surfaces letting users to draw in three-dimensional space.
The pen works by heating up a thin plastic filament that extrudes out of the pen and then cools down quickly and solidifies into a strong stable structure. 3Doodler works on almost any surface, including plastic thus allowing to create basic 3D shapes, 3D models and decorative art and to be used for minor repair work. No software or computers are required to use it. Just plug it into a power socket and start drawing.
3Doodler comes with a 3Doodler pen of size 180mm by 24mm and weight less than 200 grams and one bag of ten 1feet strands of ABS orPLA plastic that serves as the ink for the pen and each 1 foot strand of plastic can provide approximately 11 feet 3D design or drawing.
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3Doodler pen is an oblong device covered in a hard, black plastic casing which is held exactly like a pen. The ABS or PLA plastic strands go in the top of the device, and are extruded out through a metal tip at the other end. The two rubber arrow buttons help control the speed at which the plastic is extruded. A fan in the side blows air down and around the nib, serving both to keep the device (designed to heat plastic up to 464 degrees Fahrenheit) cool and allow the extruded plastic to set more quickly. There is also a small LED that informs when the 3Doodler is heating up and when it’s reached the right temperature (which takes about 55 seconds) for printing ABS (blue) and PLA (green) plastics.
The 3Doodler can be pre-ordered for $99 at www.the3doodler.com.
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