3D Printing - Now moved into metal work

[Channel Hopper]

I recall the original design was promoted for manufacturing plastic pasts in a hurry, and deemed invaluable in the space industry) but this development takes it one stage further

[video=youtube;i6Px6RSL9Ac]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Px6RSL9Ac&feature=related[/video]

 

[Vipersan]

....better start saving up then...
lol

Nice .....
VS

 

[Channel Hopper]

Here's the original plastics version (Objet)

[video=youtube;WmDz7Q9_h6c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmDz7Q9_h6c[/video]

Some of the comments below are noteworty of the *ahem* after-hours desirability of owning such a machine.

 

[Channel Hopper]

And the home-made variety.

[video=youtube;snOErpOP5Xk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snOErpOP5Xk[/video]

 

[Channel Hopper]

And the live tissue variety

[video=youtube;uaRXzlZ9Dyk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaRXzlZ9Dyk&feature=related[/video]

In greater detail (7.20 onwards)

[video=youtube;9RMx31GnNXY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMx31GnNXY&feature=related[/video]

 

[Channel Hopper]

It was only a matter of time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21639015

 

[2cvbloke]

It'd be fun to be able to print out models and props rather than have to pay out the backside for off-the-shelf model kits, all I can think of is printing out starship models, star trek props like tricorders and phasers, and maybe even some custom telephone shells for vintage phones...

 

[Channel Hopper]

It'd be fun to be able to print out models and props rather than have to pay out the backside for off-the-shelf model kits, all I can think of is printing out starship models, star trek props like tricorders and phasers, and maybe even some custom telephone shells for vintage phones...

Cmon, near perfect clones of whatever you might desire........

I thought this was one of the better demonstrations of what they can do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArGg3fdqLj4

 

[Lazarus]

Cmon, near perfect clones of whatever you might desire........

Ah, yes: Bombon Crocante. Delicious.

 

[2cvbloke]

Cmon, near perfect clones of whatever you might desire........

Are the printers big enough to print out a whole Citroen 2CV?

 

[skomedal]

It'd be fun to be able to print out models and props rather than have to pay out the backside for off-the-shelf model kits, all I can think of is printing out starship models, star trek props like tricorders and phasers, and maybe even some custom telephone shells for vintage phones...

Limited fantasy?

 

[Channel Hopper]

Are the printers big enough to print out a whole Citroen 2CV?

Soon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbyYrqtMes

 

[2cvbloke]

But a 2CV doesn't have a dashboard, it has a small tin plate with a speedo and a couple of switches...

 

[Channel Hopper]

You could always make dashboards for others and use the cash to buy a 2CV.

 

[2cvbloke]

You could always make dashboards for others and use the cash to buy a 2CV.

True, I'd have to save up for the 3D printer first though...

 

[pgh13]

Limited fantasy?

It'd be fun to be able to print out models and props rather than have to pay out the backside for off-the-shelf model kits, ..

The printer's cheap but wait until you see the price of the ink!!!

 

[Channel Hopper]

True, I'd have to save up for the 3D printer first though...

But once you have you could make another one with it........

 

[2cvbloke]

The printer's cheap but wait until you see the price of the ink!!!

Is it made by HP by any chance? They always overcharge for such tiny amounts of ink, so much so that it's made printer ink more expensive per gram than gold.... :-nuts

 

[Lazarus]

HP?

That's Brown Sauce, innit?

 

[2cvbloke]

That or you've been pouring Hewlett Packard deskjet ink on your chips...