More 3-D printin - there goes ya building trade

[Brian d marge]

http://www.wimp.com/printerhouse/

damn

Stephen

[Road kill]

The costs are more restrictive to worry about it just yet.
Bloody neat though:niceone:

[Brian d marge]

The costs are more restrictive to worry about it just yet.
Bloody neat though:niceone:

aint it , and just think of the shapes u could print,,,,

stephen

[mashman]

pretty cool

[flyingcrocodile46]

Man that is impressive as hell. Construction evolution at its best. I see no barriers that can't be easily enough sorted over a five or ten year continued investment and development period to prove performance against individual countries differing building codes :brick: and providing that equipment and software costs aren't prohibitive (my gut feel is that greed aside it should be easily affordable). Long sentence eh!

It's along the lines of some of my own under developed thoughts but a Zillion times more detailed and a really big robotic toothpaste dispenser. :first: A big part of the recipe for success will be in the performance properties of the toothpaste.

[Brian d marge]

Man that is impressive as hell. Construction evolution at its best. I see no barriers that can't be easily enough sorted over a five or ten year continued investment and development period to prove performance against individual countries differing building codes :brick: and providing that equipment and software costs aren't prohibitive (my gut feel is that greed aside it should be easily affordable). Long sentence eh!

It's along the lines of some of my own under developed thoughts but a Zillion times more detailed and a really big robotic toothpaste dispenser. :first: A big part of the recipe for success will be in the performance properties of the toothpaste.

unless Hardies get hold of it , twill be banned in NZ

ya cant have odd shaped houses ,it just isnt right ........

Stephen

[Akzle]

they've been using them in medicine for a while... MRI someone's brain and print it out to get a looksee without lift'n the scalpel.

[Brett]

One of the coolest things I have seen in a while.

[Macontour]

I'm not in the Trade but that is pretty cool. I reckon it will happen. It wasn't really that long ago that "experts" at IBM said there would be no requirement for home computers. How wrong they were and as the technology develops, that way of making houses surely will become economical.

[george formby]

Where do I buy shares?

As with internet shopping & the explosion in manufacturing this technology will further increase logistics & transport businesses. Every aspect of it has to be in the right place at the right time and of course maintained.
Bloody marvellous, got my imagination spinning at the opportunity's. Want to build an under water house or hang off a cliff like a swallow?

[Nova.]

bullshit, more jobs would be lost then the jobs made, idc what he says.

[bogan]

got bored halfway through, seems like a mismatched tech application to me. Why not just build a factory to make pre-fab walls etc with plumbing and electrical in them, then assemble on site. Would imagine that thing would be a prick to set up, finding extrudable materials suitable for cheap housing doesn't sound easy either.

[Brian d marge]

I use 3d printing all the time , for everything from brake hose clips to Manifold molds,

its great , think it , draw it. print it and if its a non stressed part , use it as is

The range if materials you can print with is expanding all the time , with ceramics being cheap ,,,

Size is still a factor though

Stephen

[george formby]

bullshit, more jobs would be lost then the jobs made, idc what he says.

Ultimately that's the point & it's reflected everywhere, like he said from 62% of Merckans farming down too 1% IIR.

I don't think this is a reason to hobble technology but with increasing population a huge amount of effort has to go into creating employment.

Transit New Zealand needs some of those machines to make decent roads.

There's a thought, hire a machine to build a race track in your back garden over the weekend. Mint!

[tri boy]

I'll stick to the tried and true systems thanks.
Somehow I think that geek/presenter has never gotten his hands dirty, let alone worked on any construction site from go to whoa. Hence he skims over any/all details of real world issues. ie foundation prep, weather, testing of functions at install etc.

As a poster previous said, prefab, then assembled on site has alot more going for it.
Build a house in twenty hours:facepalm: Give me a break.

[Brian d marge]

I'll stick to the tried and true systems thanks.
Somehow I think that geek/presenter has never gotten his hands dirty, let alone worked on any construction site from go to whoa. Hence he skims over any/all details of real world issues. ie foundation prep, weather, testing of functions at install etc.

As a poster previous said, prefab, then assembled on site has alot more going for it.
Build a house in twenty hours:facepalm: Give me a break.

The JWs build one in 24 , fully carpeted and painted , the framing of my house was all lazer cut and assembled in a factory , still took 3 months to build

Stephen

[bogan]

I use 3d printing all the time , for everything from brake hose clips to Manifold molds,

its great , think it , draw it. print it and if its a non stressed part , use it as is

The range if materials you can print with is expanding all the time , with ceramics being cheap ,,,

Size is still a factor though

Stephen

And its great for one-off or small run production, but all of those items have better production processes when volume is scaled up.


The JWs build one in 24 , fully carpeted and painted , the framing of my house was all lazer cut and assembled in a factory , still took 3 months to build

Stephen

So something that sounds even simpler on paper, took three months to build. Not looking good for a 20 hour house!

[flyingcrocodile46]

Gosh what negative thinking.

The time frame of 20 hours isn't outrageous compared to what the Chinese are already doing...

15 story hotels in 48 hours


http://youtu.be/Ps0DSihggio

and 30 story Hotels in 360 hours.


http://youtu.be/Hdpf-MQM9vY

A single house in 20 hours is just plain slow.:yes:

[bogan]

Negative thinking? We were just explaining how pre-fab housing is a better mass production solution, something those very cool time-lapse vids support also...

Don't get me wrong, I think it is cool tech, and would be very cool to see houses made that way, I just think he has the wrong target market.

[flyingcrocodile46]

Negative thinking? We were just explaining how pre-fab housing is a better mass production solution, something those very cool time-lapse vids support also...

Don't get me wrong, I think it is cool tech, and would be very cool to see houses made that way, I just think he has the wrong target market.


It was only directed at your last sentence.

I think it has potential in some areas where existing conventional support manufacturing industries don't exist and that eventually this or some similar toothpaste dispensing type transportable construction system will be employed for a percentage of all construction all over the world (due to cost advantages as the technology is developed and scale of economy for the equipment manufacturing kicks in)

[Brian d marge]

horses for courses...i wouldnt use 3d for large production runs but for what i do,its great,
the technology will evolve and cost may come down
my house was built using mass production methods ,where it took the time was the finishing, if they could be automated..and i cant see why not...
i mean they can build a car with very little human input....

all it will take is for someone to think they could make money.....(assuming the materials work)

cant be done is a classic ,british,kiwi way of thinking,,,,i prefer "can be done and how can we do it"
stephen

[Brett]

bullshit, more jobs would be lost then the jobs made, idc what he says.

Adapt or die springs to mind. Can't just prevent progress because it would alter employment. It will create other opportunities for people to move into.

[Swoop]

Excellent.

Just get a Shuttle Up fault command when on a site.:facepalm:

[Kickaha]

I use 3d printing all the time ,

Print me out one of these will ya

http://www.sidecar.nu/images/Front-och-bak0511.jpg

Oh yeah can you pop an engine in it for me to

[imdying]

It's bit ghetto Kick, surely we can do better than that?

[Brian d marge]

Print me out one of these will ya



Oh yeah can you pop an engine in it for me to

Scan it and I will

Stephen

working engine?

[Brian d marge]

Excellent.

Just get a Shuttle Up fault command when on a site.:facepalm:

Open Manifold , that would do it ......

Stephen

[Kickaha]

working engine?

Wouldn't be much use with a non working engine, guess you'd have to scan each individual part to make that one work