More 3-D printin - there goes ya building trade

**Brian d marge** · 17th August 2012, 19:41

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

damn

Stephen

**Road kill** · 17th August 2012, 19:50

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

**Brian d marge** · 17th August 2012, 19:54

Originally Posted by Road kill

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

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

stephen

**mashman** · 17th August 2012, 20:06

pretty cool

**flyingcrocodile46** · 17th August 2012, 21:03

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

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.

A big part of the recipe for success will be in the performance properties of the toothpaste.

**Brian d marge** · 18th August 2012, 01:41

Originally Posted by 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

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.

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** · 18th August 2012, 09:39

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** · 18th August 2012, 11:21

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

**Macontour** · 18th August 2012, 12:23

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** · 18th August 2012, 13:04

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.** · 18th August 2012, 13:09

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

**bogan** · 18th August 2012, 13:10

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** · 18th August 2012, 13:17

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** · 18th August 2012, 13:18

Originally Posted by Nova.

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** · 18th August 2012, 13:44

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

Give me a break.