Seems now all one needs to do to make a hexapod is PRINT IT!
http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/79/7e/01/ab/4a/IMG_1768_display_medium.jpg
Alan KM6VV
that is pretty cool looking 
ive done some printing through shapeways, to get some of the parts for my project, it does tend to be pretty expensive though ive found!
I wonder how a 3D printed hexapod compares pricewise to one made from lexan and aluminium?
At the moment, it’s going to be much cheaper to cut pieces from stock rather than print them from nothing. I believe shapeways uses a layer/curing process. The picture seems to be a cnc plastic extrusion. It’s nice to have complete parts made from nothing but you won’t even come close to the same mechanical properties achieved from machining stock. An ABS or PVC extrusion process only has around 30% the strength of its sheet counterpart. Not to mention the lumpy finish a cnc extruder produces.
But still, man I wish I had a 3d printer
I’ve seen the makerbot, and studied the new extruder. Studied the old one also a few years back. It might be fun to try. Even are one or two EMC2 implementations. It takes a few G-code command additions to control the temp and extrusion process. the extruder has it’s own controller for temp reg!
I’ve had parts made on the Dimension, and they’re not bad, but I’d be weary of using them for actual use. Best just for a mock-up to test dimensions. Still, yeah, I’d like one to play with!
Alan KM6VV
Keep us informed… 
Wife suggests I don’t start any big projects for a while…
We’ve kicked-off the MicroMouse challenge for our HBRobotics club, tomorrow I’ll drag in my sections of maze, and try to get my hastily-built ASB13-MM 'bot (take-off of my ASB13 “MicroMoose”) bot to do simple wall-following in the maze. As of last night it wasn’t running too well. I plugged in one of my infamous “blue” jumpers from a servo pin to +5 V, instead of a servo data pin (Arduino UNO). Probably why the program “crashed” the first two times I threw the servo power switch to on. I probably fried the pin. More later, I’ll probably take it over to the ASB13 'bot thread.
Alan KM6VV