With Peachy Printer , inventor Rylan Grayston aimed to create a user-friendly 3D printer for the masses. The result is a tiny 3D printer and scanner that promises to cost under 100 dollars with an almost unlimited print volume and an extremely inexpensive resin as a material to print with.

The printer uses a controlled beam of light along the X and Y axes to create hard objects from a light sensitive resin, while a drip system is in place to control the level of resin on the Z axis, determining the height of the final object.

Grayston, who has worked in 3D modelling and animation in the past, wrote a script in Blender to take data from a 3D model in the open source software and translate it into an audio waveform, allowing the audio file to then be played out to the printer through a simple headphone jack. The waveform then drives a pair of electro magnetic mirrors through the higher of voltage as the volume increases, affecting how much the mirrors move and controlling the path of the laser beam. Though the minimum wall thickness is currently 0.2mm and the resolution of most sound cards is fairly high, the team is conducting more R&D to ensure the Peachy Printer reaches it’s full resolution potential as well as working on a new high perfomance, low cost resin that is specially formulated for the printer.

The company achieved its Kickstarter goal of $50,000 in little more than 24 hours, and has now more than tripled the goal.

To out more about the printer and how it works, visit http://www.peachyprinter.com/ or the printer’s Kickstarter page