3D Printer! Amazing!

Jim Wahl · 07-25-2012, 12:57 PM

You gear heads have to watch this! It truly is amazing! Jim

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Mark Yacavone · 07-25-2012, 02:09 PM

"That guy didn't build that company.The government built it"

Dennis P Chapman · 07-25-2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

You gear heads have to watch this! It truly is amazing! Jim

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Thought you would like it.

treessavoy · 07-25-2012, 03:32 PM

How can they scan something like that wrench and replicate the screws and gears that are hidden from sight? Was the scan also an X-ray ?

As many times as I get mad and throw a wrench out in the yard I would need two of those machines!

JimR

KRatcliff · 07-25-2012, 03:59 PM

Pretty amazing. Since this is high technology, I wonder if they could scan the woman of your choice, install a mute button, and "3-D print her."

They would surpass Apple. We could call the company "Adam of the Reclaimed Rib."

Jim Wahl · 07-25-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KRatcliff

Pretty amazing. Since this is high technology, I wonder if they could scan the woman of your choice, install a mute button, and "3-D print her."

They would surpass Apple. We could call the company "Adam of the Reclaimed Rib."

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are! Jim

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Jim Wahl · 07-25-2012, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennis P Chapman

Thought you would like it.

Yes! Thanks Dennis. This is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. I wonder how much one of those cost?

Jim

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David Lee · 07-25-2012, 09:24 PM

cheap and small parts less thand a grand, great and big parts 100K+.

One of my clients uses one for proto typing cases for Apple and other computer companies. Much cheaper than the old days of making injection molds

Larry Merk · 07-25-2012, 10:03 PM

And you don't even need to buy one if you live in the right area.

A year or two ago Kitplanes Magazine (an airplane magazine) had an article about a machine shop in the San Francisco bay area that is open to the public. Besides lathes, milling machines, and other normal machine shop tools, they had one of those 3D printers connected to a PC with AutoCAD. Bring in your CAD drawing of a part, or draw it there, and 3D print the part. All you pay is time and material costs. Pretty slick and inexpensive way to prototype a part.

Tony Curcio · 07-25-2012, 11:19 PM

Work has begun to try printing artificial human organs, such as kidneys. The cartridge is filled with cloned cells. Early attempts did not hold up well. I read somewhere (probably Smithsonian Magazine) that future prototypes will be injected onto a sort of scaffold, to stabilize the structure while the layers are being printed.

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Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,841 Likes: 626 Liked 672 Times in 121 Posts	3D Printer! Amazing! You gear heads have to watch this! It truly is amazing! Jim . __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 D2 National Open Stock Champion 1981 D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association. SSSSA Forum Moderator

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,414 Likes: 2,579 Liked 4,447 Times in 1,693 Posts	Re: 3D Printer! Amazing! "That guy didn't build that company.The government built it" __________________ We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers

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treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: 3D Printer! Amazing! How can they scan something like that wrench and replicate the screws and gears that are hidden from sight? Was the scan also an X-ray ? As many times as I get mad and throw a wrench out in the yard I would need two of those machines! JimR __________________ Jim Rountree

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KRatcliff Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 753 Likes: 74 Liked 502 Times in 135 Posts	Re: 3D Printer! Amazing! Pretty amazing. Since this is high technology, I wonder if they could scan the woman of your choice, install a mute button, and "3-D print her." They would surpass Apple. We could call the company "Adam of the Reclaimed Rib."

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David Lee VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,094 Likes: 398 Liked 246 Times in 99 Posts	Re: 3D Printer! Amazing! cheap and small parts less thand a grand, great and big parts 100K+. One of my clients uses one for proto typing cases for Apple and other computer companies. Much cheaper than the old days of making injection molds

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Larry Merk Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kennewick, WA Posts: 207 Likes: 25 Liked 221 Times in 108 Posts	Re: 3D Printer! Amazing! And you don't even need to buy one if you live in the right area. A year or two ago Kitplanes Magazine (an airplane magazine) had an article about a machine shop in the San Francisco bay area that is open to the public. Besides lathes, milling machines, and other normal machine shop tools, they had one of those 3D printers connected to a PC with AutoCAD. Bring in your CAD drawing of a part, or draw it there, and 3D print the part. All you pay is time and material costs. Pretty slick and inexpensive way to prototype a part. __________________ Larry Merk

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Tony Curcio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: West Chester, PA Posts: 271 Likes: 1 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: 3D Printer! Amazing! Work has begun to try printing artificial human organs, such as kidneys. The cartridge is filled with cloned cells. Early attempts did not hold up well. I read somewhere (probably Smithsonian Magazine) that future prototypes will be injected onto a sort of scaffold, to stabilize the structure while the layers are being printed. __________________ Tony Curcio 1860 STK