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I saw that on Jay Leno's web site a while back. Its unbelievable what it can do. If one of the repro companies could afford to buy one of those machines they could reproduce anything that they had an original for.
I would love one. I could develop a lot of my product quicker and get them to market quicker with one of these in my studio.
Or if you were a CAD designer you could reproduce anything that has since been lost. This is amazing. Take this product with the one I saw on Jay Lenos about spraying chrome on to plastic and BAM you've got a real winner. Take a close look at the cresent wrench, it is not exactly the same as the example the host brought in. The tips the cresent wrench taper to a thinner tip, the printed wrench is the same thickness from the base of the jaw to the tip. Also, the scanner that they used, can not tell the computer that the adjuster screw has a small stud on each end for it to rotate on. And the scanner can not see the adjustable jaw has inner bevel cut gear. I also noticed that the printed red adjuster screw has much thicker spline with no hatch cuts (for grip) like the example real wrench has. So someone must have designed a cresent wrench with CAD and they used it as an example. But, who cares about the details, this is still frickin crazy amazing!
If the printer could produce metallic strength materials then it would revolutionize the space and military industries. Imagine a space ship able to create spares in space, or on board a Navy ship they could create spares for anything. The same is true for any industry, this is a real game-changer, it has huge potential.
different printers cost different prices but they all use the same plastic, ABS or PLA filament that is 1.75mm or 3mm. If your familiar with my threads im actually building one right now for under 1k and i can buy 5lbs of 3mm ABS for $80 and 5lbs of PLA for $50.
I actually just built my own that is developed as open source technology. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FYv2axrAipw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/52chDT-IAxw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> heres a video of it all put together and running... somewhat <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uSS27wPB938" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4PD0NNck30M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
You can do metal parts in another prototype process called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)...It will have mechanical properties similar to a powered metal part and i believe that you can do parts in various grades of metal including stainless steel. I am sure if you google it, you can come up with a youtube video or two.
Geez, I can hardly believe it. That is beyond freaking cool. Surely the process of scanning in the object is far more complicated than they made it look... Either way, sweet!
its really not, all scanners create whats called Point Cloud Data(which is just millions of points) and as long as your CAD software can read in Point Cloud, it will generate the 3D model from that, every software works a bit different but its not that complicated, just takes awhile be cause you have to manually select each curve and face and tell the software what it is.
This just amazes me. its only a matter of time before you can just order a part from California and it be at your house in Texas in less than 30 minutes.
I guess the best use would be to replicate parts that you could then make a mold for to cast them from steel or whatever metal you like. Or make plastic parts that you can't get anymore.
I guess that's sorta what I meant by more complicated. The video tried to made it look like it only takes a minute or two to scan. I have your videos loading now to watch, but my internet sucks so I'll have to wait a while to watch.
Just saw this on discovery channels Daily Planet showing them making a titanium lower jaw bone for replacement surgery.
Pic here: http://www.zdnet.com.au/3d-printer-produces-new-titanium-jaw-339331157.htm Expensive but strong, for 1-off parts maybe? Even the small plastic ones cost a lot for materials
I just today got some 1/8 scale model parts that are 3D printed. Chevy bell - starter - Munce - 9" - brake rottors - calipers VERY COOL STUFF!!!!!
heres a makerbot with a conveyor belt build plate form, you just have to start it and it will print the entire part and roll it off the conveyor and start a new one, the next step in mass production with 3D printers. btw, you can pick up a makerbot for 1-2k. They might look a little toyish but they work great. http://store.makerbot.com/ <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fh9A0uYYUQA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tJJNClqGFDM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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