3D printing

[Smokin]

If this is legit, It's awesome. :woohoo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw

For the life of me I can't see how it's possible.

[bogan]

That's awesome! Must have some very accurate printing capability to ensure the parts don't bond to each other while printing. It appears they touched up the design model a bit after scanning to ensure the moving parts would work, which makes sense, scan tool is also pretty wicked though.

[ellipsis]

...woohoo...beam me up scotty...

[jim.cox]

check out

ponoko.co.nz

they offer a 3d printing service right here and now

[imdying]

Or buy your own! http://www.makerbot.com/

[DrunkenMistake]

Thats cool,
Iv seen and herd of Rapid prototyping but never 3d printing haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwQ5HA8sE-k

[ellipsis]

...wonder how they would go on my top set of teeth...only wear them for family photo's...not allowed in the frame if i dont have them in...last lot got a bit smashed when i whacked them off my verandah with a golf club...

[Ronin]

The bit they didn't show you is the work on the cad program after scanning to define the moving parts. Once you kn ow about that then it makes more sense.

[Brian d marge]

Welcome to my world

IF you can draw a water tight 3d drawing , ans save it as an STL file then a company called shapeways will print it out ( MUCH CHEAPER than NZ , ,,unless they changed?)

My usual work path is..Sketch, CAD ,,finite analysis...( balsa mock up or cardboard as a double double check ..) ..Shapeways. Emachine ( online machining place ) or NZ machine shop ...

The trick is getting a non manifold drawing ,,SO when drawing the parts you Must bear in mind the printer , thats why a lot of blender drawings ( 3d cgi) dont want to print

Why do I go to all this fannying about, because you can get it right first time , and thinking doesn't cost money!

I do recommend people try , ANYTHING that you can think off you can make ....ANYTHING

Stephen

oh and you can have fun with CGI ......

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[Kickaha]

check out

ponoko.co.nz

they offer a 3d printing service right here and now

I should have got them to print me out some pistons :lol:

[Brian d marge]

I should have got them to print me out some pistons :lol:

I can print in Stainless steel and Aluminum ... and sand .....

Stephen

[Ocean1]

Some Volvo water pumps are made like that, but in steel. The impellor is printed inside the housing, there’s no way to assemble it or to get it out after it’s built. Materials are still limited to starch based plastics, special epoxies and certain tool steels.

Surgical titanium can be printed using intersecting magnetron beams. Images from a MRI can be imported into a CAD system and prosthesis and jigs can be accurately printed before the patient ever sees a scalpel. The savings are just huge.

The technology is actually well over a decade old, it’ll be another before it’s main stream.

[Matt Bleck]

I thought I saw on the news a little while back that their not far away from printing body organ's..... :blink:

[Maha]

I thought I saw on the news a little while back that their not far away from printing body organ's..... :blink:

Did the article say anything about being able to upsize things? :blink:
Just asking..........for a friend:innocent:

[Ocean1]

I thought I saw on the news a little while back that their not far away from printing body organ's..... :blink:

Initially the method is to print an organ-shaped scaffold on which specially tailored cells grow. It'll be a while before you can make complete organs , but that "while" is more or less the lead time for an imortal body. Then you just need to work out how to keep "you".

[banditrider]

Saw this a while back on Popular Scientist:

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[bogan]

for a different sort of 3D printing...

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[ducatilover]

To my knowledge Interlock Industries had a type of 3D printer in their Mirimar branch years ago, if I remember correctly it used power and a something or somethingerator to burn the powder. Or something.

Fascinating stuff

[Brian d marge]

http://www.shapeways.com/

Unless the NZ prices have come down this place is the cheapest Ive found so far

Stephen

[ducatilover]

They do silver? I cannot get my head around it, but, it is stupidly early in the morning. :facepalm:

[Brian d marge]

They do silver? I cannot get my head around it, but, it is stupidly early in the morning. :facepalm:if u can think it , I can draw it , they can print it
but watch the price

Stephen

[Smokin]

http://www.shapeways.com/

Unless the NZ prices have come down this place is the cheapest Ive found so far

Stephen

Hell, It's expensive too.:confused:

[bogan]

http://www.shapeways.com/

Unless the NZ prices have come down this place is the cheapest Ive found so far

Stephen

That looks pretty cool, good pricing scheme, free shipping is always handy too.

[Brian d marge]

Ive used 2 or three similar sites and they seem to be the best at the moment ..NZ try 700 dollars for a brake lever ( I assume this was a ridiculous quote as didn't want overseas business..)

A 6 inch by 4 inch by 1/4 inch bracket will be around the 30 dollars US , lets say for argument sake , you wanted said bracket with 2 holes , I would charge , around 40 dollars incl shipping

Just to give u an idea. Where its pays off is when , say you are prototyping something , or proof of concept , where u want to get it right first time ( hence my use of cardboard and balso models ..as I am pretty good as screwing something up !!!)

With the use of open source FEA , CFG I can do MOST of the testing refinement on the computer , then print , then send to a place like this http://www.emachineshop.com/ same drawing ....works out quite reasonable ( except the time , all that postage )


I would love access to the the ones the F! teams use ...they print whole engine block ...

Just they are a tad expensive .......

Stephen

[ducatilover]

It's very interesting stuff (I'm not an engineer though) do you have any pictures of things you have made?

[Vacquer0]

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[Brian d marge]

It's very interesting stuff (I'm not an engineer though) do you have any pictures of things you have made?
Sorry nothing interesting , a fooetpeg bracket was the last thing , and its a little scruffy as I was faffing around with it if you pop over to my web site , there are a couple of videos ( boring as hell and not exactly super slick .... )

http://477-racing.webs.com/

but it gives u an Idea
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Stephen

[ducatilover]

Magic chocolate machine I need that...I can see me down at the pub wooing women with all sorts of delicate chocolates, but little do they know when they get to my house :shifty::wings:


Sorry nothing interesting , a fooetpeg bracket was the last thing , and its a little scruffy as I was faffing around with it if you pop over to my web site , there are a couple of videos ( boring as hell and not exactly super slick .... )

http://477-racing.webs.com/

but it gives u an Idea

Stephen

Cool stuff and neat website! I wish I had access to some decent equipment...maybe when I win lotto, my father can drive it, got an email from him confirming that he has used this http://www.eos.info/en/products/systems-equipment/metal-laser-sintering-systems.html for rapid prototyping and a few projects. Me, being a non-engineer find it all very shiny and exciting. He reckons there are limitations with those systems though, if he explained them no doubt my head would explode.

[Vacquer0]

Females were the very first thing to pop into my head with a Chocolate Making Machine, too. Weird, huh? Just thought I would stick to angering the local ones for the time being!

Wonder if a 3d Chocolate Woman could be made? Now I'm hungry.

[Brian d marge]

Rep rap will print chocolate quite happily , its not very accurate , but is a 3d printer ,,, quite cheap to if I remember

The biggest problem for me is getting non manifold drawings , sometimes They just go tits up ,,, ( my bad ),

Though on saying all of this , the old pen and pencil is remarkably reliable and quick to !

Stephen

[Ocean1]

The biggest problem for me is getting non manifold drawings , sometimes They just go tits up ,,, ( my bad )

Non-manifold = not "solid"?

As in there's a gap between adjacent surfaces somewhere?

[Brian d marge]

Non-manifold = not "solid"?

As in there's a gap between adjacent surfaces somewhere?

yes , and can be a bugger to find , and deal with .....
http://youtu.be/watch?v=H6NXhfw9itI
Stephen

[Ocean1]

yes , and can be a bugger to find , and deal with .....
http://youtu.be/watch?v=H6NXhfw9itI
Stephen

I used to get regular commissions from people importing, say Pro E files into, say Solidworks with exactly those issues.

It can be frustrating sometimes, but usually it's easy enough if tolerances haven't been fuckt with in the translation...

[Brian d marge]

I used to get regular commissions from people importing, say Pro E files into, say Solidworks with exactly those issues.

It can be frustrating sometimes, but usually it's easy enough if tolerances haven't been fuckt with in the translation...
what software are u using? I'm open source, with all its vagaries..

Stephen

btw looks like a front of a train ...

[jonbuoy]

Ive used 2 or three similar sites and they seem to be the best at the moment ..NZ try 700 dollars for a brake lever ( I assume this was a ridiculous quote as didn't want overseas business..)

A 6 inch by 4 inch by 1/4 inch bracket will be around the 30 dollars US , lets say for argument sake , you wanted said bracket with 2 holes , I would charge , around 40 dollars incl shipping

Just to give u an idea. Where its pays off is when , say you are prototyping something , or proof of concept , where u want to get it right first time ( hence my use of cardboard and balso models ..as I am pretty good as screwing something up !!!)

With the use of open source FEA , CFG I can do MOST of the testing refinement on the computer , then print , then send to a place like this http://www.emachineshop.com/ same drawing ....works out quite reasonable ( except the time , all that postage )


I would love access to the the ones the F! teams use ...they print whole engine block ...

Just they are a tad expensive .......

Stephen

Emachines shop - good tip off - their software is easy to use even for a MS paint ludite like me. Do you know what its based on? I knocked up an intake mouth in under an hour - needs more features though and the shipping costs to me are more than the cost of the parts.

Every other open source CAD software I´ve downloaded bamboozles me and it takes me an hour to draw a simple box. Was thinking of downloading a cracked Adobe Inventor.

[Brian d marge]

Emachines shop - good tip off - their software is easy to use even for a MS paint ludite like me. Do you know what its based on? I knocked up an intake mouth in under an hour - needs more features though and the shipping costs to me are more than the cost of the parts.

Every other open source CAD software I´ve downloaded bamboozles me and it takes me an hour to draw a simple box. Was thinking of downloading a cracked Adobe Inventor.

Cad for linux ..... draft sight ..2d usable ...Varicad cracked ones available but pay per view good though all the rest ...crap ..if u know of a good linux 3d cad program !!!

I wish there was something like solid works for linux ..

As for the shipping ...Ive had that many times .. a sticker 45 us .......... shipping 45 us ,,for a sticker ...something tells me there is profit in there !

but , when compared to guy down road , they work out for me a little cheaper and easier

Stephen

[Vacquer0]

May look a at QCAD and LbreCAD for Linux. They have excellent reviews, anyhow. One has a pro version that is supposed to be well done . These are free. I haven't used them yet but downloaded them for an upcoming project. Might also check this link http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Science-and-Engineering/

[Brian d marge]

May look a at QCAD and LbreCAD for Linux. They have excellent reviews, anyhow. One has a pro version that is supposed to be well done . These are free. I haven't used them yet but downloaded them for an upcoming project. Might also check this link http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Science-and-Engineering/

both are 2d , good but 2d ...which is not much use to me.....

Stephen

[Vacquer0]

When you find one you like please post it. I'd like to give it a go. Thanks.

[Ocean1]

what software are u using? I'm open source, with all its vagaries...

That's a screen dump from Rhino, http://www.rhino3d.com/

There's a free download on that site, fully functional except you get just 20 saves. I used to set some of my clients up with a "no saves left" copy just so they could open and review my work but not mess with it.



btw looks like a front of a train ...

There's a very good reason for that.

[Vacquer0]

Question: Would the opensource "Blender" not work for what you are doing if configured properly?

Thanks for the Rhino link , I'll check it out.

[Ocean1]

Excuse me Dr, I'd like a new Ti jawbone please.

http://mashable.com/2012/02/06/3d-printer-jawbone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader