Here's a kick ass video of a 3D printed Miller 91, from CAD to 3D Printing, all the way thru paint and assembly. Built at almost half scale for a trade show.
The far reaching implications of this for the reproduction industry boggles the mind. I was especially interested with the "plating and vacuum metallizing" aspects. Also casting mold cores I believe would become cheap and easy..
3D printers will be cheap soon. The key is having a digitized 3D model for the machine to build; be that from a 3D laser scan or from a draftsman that can use Pro-E, Solidworks, or even something free like Sketcchup as long as the given machine can read it. Other than that it's just materials cost.
Thanks for posting this - fascinating where technology is taking us. This is a scale model Miller made by the gentleman sitting in the chair on the right - Bob - who I chatted to about it for an hour at Millers at Milwaukee. He said he took over ten years to build this - the traditional way - and the engine runs....
Weasel: That definitely looks very cool, the fact that that 4 cylinder runs is totally awesome as well. Not sure how accurate that guy's car is, but wicked cool for sure!
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