This is simply incredible!!!

[jsteiger]

Makes me think of the old office joke about Xeroxing your butt...

We have one here at work.  I'd try to do something cool on it but it's always broken.

I assumed you were kidding when you posted that on FB. I still think you are kidding....right?

 

[Echo North]

Makes me think of the old office joke about Xeroxing your butt...

We have one here at work.  I'd try to do something cool on it but it's always broken.

I assumed you were kidding when you posted that on FB. I still think you are kidding....right?

No we have a 3D printer here at the University.  It's literally down the hall in the mechanical engineering department. Spent a fortune on it like 3 years ago and it rarely works.  I think the salesman actually printed a similar wrench.  I didn't watch the whole youtube video but ours seems similar.  Uses some kind of plastic like material.

I think they are used manly for protoyyping parts to be manufactured out of another material.

We curse about it a lot.

 

[horvitz]

That's kinda funny.  I know exactly where these guys are.  I've got a client just one street over so I've driven by their office lots of times but never knew what was in there!  Very cool stuff.

 

[Kingston]

http://www.shapeways.com/

Think front panel designer, but with 3D printers. Check out the portfolio of their materials.

Future is now.

 

[jsteiger]

http://www.shapeways.com/

Think front panel designer, but with 3D printers. Check out the portfolio of their materials.

Future is now.

OK now that is cool. Where is Skylar with his Marconi CAD drawings???

I guess I never thought of a whistle as a musical instrument  ;D

 

[gemini86]

I designed a ribbon motor frame on shapeways a while ago... the prices are very reasonable for small scale things, but it gets pretty crazy once you have something with some size to it.

 

[spreemusik]

I guess in a few years from now, once everyone got one of those in their home, ...

You mean once everyone lives in a printed house:
http://www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk/index.php/architecture/the-worlds-first-printed-building/

 

[seavote]

truely a technological break through!  imagine inside elemenys of an object are approximated (missing parts are filled in by 3d technology)  maybe some must be tweaked afterward for accuracy.  no one has bought up the issue of cost$$$$ or tolerances.  im sure as with all new technology prices will decrease over time and models with different tolerance needs will become available.  scary when you think of weapons reproduction
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[Kingston]

utilising the heat and sand of desert for 3d printing production, and this was just an art project. incredible possibilities for massive scale industrialisation.

http://vimeo.com/25401444

 

[living sounds]

utilising the heat and sand of desert for 3d printing production, and this was just an art project. incredible possibilities for massive scale industrialisation.

http://vimeo.com/25401444

Neat! But what's "natural energy"? I don't think I've ever encountered unnatural energy...

 

[JohnRoberts]

This is not likely to displace other methods for mass production but it is already useful for one off prototyping of 3D objects. I suspect it has already put a number of model shop machinists out of work. I used it (SLA) for a recent plastic case prototype to prove out the design before hard tooling.

Modern technology is wonderful and this is the golden age for new product design using computer tools to shorten development cycles, and reduce mistakes. 

The good old days weren't all that good.

JR

 

[tv]

The good old days weren't all that good.

Oh, yes, they were!

http://gadgetscrunch.com/hyundai-rtcc-513-rip-retro-record-player-cd-fm/

 

[JohnRoberts]

;D  yup don't get me started on the new found love for vinyl.

JR

 

[riggler]

I made my M50 spheres for my mics on one. I designed them in Solidworks. It is badass. We have a lab here at the local community college that the public can use for a very small fee to do things like this. I think it's awesome.

Pictured here is a KK83 capsule in it. Yes, I know, I must tighten up the capsule opening by a mm!

 

[JohnRoberts]

I made my M50 spheres for my mics on one. I designed them in Solidworks. It is badass. We have a lab here at the local community college that the public can use for a very small fee to do things like this. I think it's awesome.


Pictured here is a KK83 capsule in it. Yes, I know, I must tighten up the capsule opening by a mm!

Yes, but isn't it wonderful to find that out before having a few thousand of them made?

JR

 

[gemini86]

I've been hearing chatter on the interwebs for a while about diy SLS...the medium can't be cheap, and neither are the lasers, but sounds like diy is starting to climb to the next step?