3D printing

[Brian d marge]

http://www.kurzweilai.net/3d-systems...-home-consumer

Might be ok for small prototype work if Accuracy isnt critical

1200 us dollars

Hmmmmm might think about it ,,,,

Stephen

[avgas]

if you want to save US$100
http://store.makerbot.com/thing-o-matic-kit-mk7.html

[Tigadee]

Legacy Effects created the entire Iron Man 2 costume custom-fit for Robert Downey Jr using a 3D printer, printing out all the intricate pieces, strengthening and painting them, and assembling them into a durable costume that endured hours of action scenes and re-takes.

Pretty amazing...

[Kendog]

I have seen the medical profession are working with 3d printers.

From your own stem cells they can print organs e.g. a kidney (25 organs so far) that have a 0% chance of rejection, because it is your own organ.
They think in 5-10 years this will be the way transplants are done.

[Tigadee]

Could they print out a bigger p*nis for me please?

[Subike]

some one needs to buy one of these and start printing out false teeth.

silly?

not when you consider the charges of orthodontist for a set of false teeth that are plastic anyway..

designer teeth, could be a winner for someone with the interest..

[Brian d marge]

I use it quite often , for anything I am making , its cheap and I try to use the get it right first time ( only cos i cant afford cock ups ! ...

ie , draw it , check it , think everything is ok , off to the machinist , he spends a day making it,,,,

get it back , Crap , Dead epileptic ...( doesnt fit )

waste of money

So I tend to use 3d printing to check my work and to tey things out , eg a new gear mech, will it shift , ?

This one may not be accurate enough , but it might be ok for smaller things ,for example a cylinder mold for a 100cc bucket racer ?

Stephen

[Tazz]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...mer-3d-printer

[bluninja]

Could they print out a bigger p*nis for me please?

Maybe print you some smaller hands instead

[Grumph]

Having been in a hospital ward lately where most were wearing colostomy bags - not me, thank christ - I had the idea of rapid prototyping a QD plumbing fitting in the owner's own protein. Graft that on at the colostomy tube outlet, no rejection probs and hey presto, quick change bags....No leakage or tape required.

Hope to hell someone's done it by the time I need one......

[R650R]

I'd love to have one, the potential is huge.
At WOF time you could print off some brake pads that will pass at a glance, add a layer of tread to tyres.
A susbstitute A arm for the suspension or CV joints.
Be one careful slow drive to the testing station though....

These things will be cool when they are properly affordable with open sourcing of technology allowing all the great minds without money to take our species up a notch with new inventions.

[unstuck]

Could they print out a bigger p*nis for me please?

Someone is already using them to make huge cocks. I always knew he was plastic.

[SMOKEU]

Make some epic guns.

[oldrider]

I have seen the medical profession are working with 3d printers.

From your own stem cells they can print organs e.g. a kidney (25 organs so far) that have a 0% chance of rejection, because it is your own organ.
They think in 5-10 years this will be the way transplants are done.

Do it yourself testicles .... if the lesbos get hold of this us men could become redundant overnight! ... Men, that is not a good look!

[Swoop]

I'd love to have one, the potential is huge.
At WOF time you could print off some brake pads that will pass at a glance, add a layer of tread to tyres.
A susbstitute A arm for the suspension or CV joints.
Be one careful slow drive to the testing station though....

I wonder how many number plates have been printed...