this will blow your socks off! http://widgets.nbc.com/o/<WBR>47f1317f105123ad/<WBR>498ebd00a62edaa0/<WBR>47fe70d4555df05a/9e46bd46/-<WBR>cpid/ba4377d3bfd6c81 (if this has already been posted on here, feel free to delete my thread)
Holy moly ****, that is unbelievable! I have worked in the automotive parts manufacturing industry for years and I've seen some amazing things in technology but that is completely George Jetson!
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=330670&highlight=leno+garage http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329354&highlight=leno+garage
all of this technology is now in reach for all of us. i've sent parts out for 3D scanning, and it's quick, easy and fairly affordable. You then get a file that you can pull into CAD to modify or do whatever you want to. you can find 3D printers at places like Tech Shop www.techshop.ws where you can print whatever part you need. Also you can do some CAM/CNC based on the file. This place also teaches sand casting, or you can use better forms of casting depending on part. Cool stuff. -scott noteboom
There is a Tech School locally that has this set-up. Hmmm, where did I leave that extra copy of my resume?
that will absolutly change the game for all industry. When the price for equipment and supplies is within reach, cottage industries will employ huge numbers of people saving old equipment or making one off items into semi m*** produced products.
the 3d scaner is neat, Z-corp has a 3d printer that does direct casting, you just print the mold and take it to the foundry and have it cast.
I have one of those printers next to my desk at work. My boss came by last week and found me making a small part for the Chevy. He just smiled, looked the other way and kept walking.
yes, that is quite old by technological terms. we were doing this on special projects back in the late '80's in aerospace.
$3k for the scanner isn't all that bad. Would be a great group purchase for a car club or a group of guys to spread out the cost. Heck, it would't be a bad small business to buy a few of these and rent 'em out to guys for a few days/weeks at a time.
I know this technology is not brand new but the best part of this to me is Jay. I like the fact that he is not the typical Hollywood guy that has drug, alcohol and other such issues and does alot to promote the automotive restoration world, never met him personally but he's gotta be better the country than Snoop Dog.
Ya this is slightly old technology but awesome that the price has come down alot and is now available to alot more people. I saw a printer like that at the SEMA show 6-8 years ago, very cool!!
I'm not a reverse engineering expert, but I find the subject fascinating! there's a software product out there called "photomodeler". You put a bunch of their round circles on a car - take multiple pics from various angles, and their program can make a 3-D CAD model based on 2D photos! I thought it was cool and I think the technology is exploding and theres a lot of resources out there for us people that like to replicate old stuff. -90% jimmy
But it can be used to make stuff for our Traditional Hot Rods and Customs... But then again someone that can't spell old school, well maybe they wouldn't understand that.
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