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Posted by: smontanaro Feb 21 2009, 10:20 PM

Whoa! This is unbelievably cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggvzcGdZsTc

Posted by: SirAndy Feb 21 2009, 10:29 PM

QUOTE(smontanaro @ Feb 21 2009, 08:20 PM)

Posted by: biosurfer1 Feb 21 2009, 11:00 PM

wow....already assembled aprts from the 3D printer, thats amazing

Posted by: johnnie5 Feb 22 2009, 12:06 AM

Wow! Very cool.

Posted by: Todd Enlund Feb 22 2009, 12:27 AM

YGBSM... under $3K???

And $15K for the printer... wow.

Posted by: Joe Owensby Feb 22 2009, 10:27 AM

I have had one of the printers at work for about 3 years. We use it to make sample package components such as bottles and trays. The parts are moderately brittle, but are great to see what the final piece will look like. Having a customer sign off on an actual part as opposed to a drawing is invaluable befoe cutting very expensive production tooling. We also use the machine to make molds for thermoforming small quantities of sample parts. Basic input is a 3D file from a program such as SolidWorks, etc.

The really neat thing is that there are other types of machines that make an actual metal part using laser sintering of metal powders. This is pretty expensive technology now, but in a few years, it may be the way that most small quantity parts are actually made. JoeO

Posted by: BarberDave Feb 22 2009, 11:44 AM

Great, I volunteer my 914 , lets run it thro the process and I 'll have a bran

new 1973, 914 . Kinda like cloneing right? Dave

Posted by: brer Feb 22 2009, 08:25 PM

you don't need a fancy machine to do this.
I've been working with something similar for 3d scanning, and much more accessible here in my studio.

Can't share the software though.