Mind Blown

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

they have been doing this for years

they now have the wax printers pretty solid

the problem is surface quality (it looks like a tiny fuzzy blanked under the microscope)
vs a cad cam machine that can cut mirror perfect surfaces

but yeah its getting pretty crazy, they are really making moves with this stuff

they can create a ball within a ball

stuff like that

and really intricate designs
like this

i cant wait till they have them readily available and cost effective
so we can just download and print the new integs and take them for a set

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 10, 2011 8:37 am Post subject:

hahahha print an integ...

pretty intense shizzle.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

I can't wait until I can pirate a car.

Guy · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 842 City: Orillia

Been working with these at school for a couple years now. Cool for sure.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 11, 2011 5:14 am Post subject:

what exactly are they mostly used for? art? architect stuff? decorating? i dont really see many things i would really want to make models of... ?

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

We have a couple of these at work. We do small arms training, so we have to make simulated weapons from real ones. We use them to quickly print up different parts of our guns to make sure our design is going to work with all sensors and magnets we add into the weapon.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

dscsk8er55, woah what do you do?

Randomhero14 · Frontside 180 Joined: 25 Aug 2009 Posts: 346

print that dudes sweater

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 11, 2011 12:48 pm Post subject:

dscsk8er55, alright ya that makes sense, i know there has to be uses for this machine, and this is a good one i guess, but seems pricey. lol.

you do video game stuff right?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

yookyle · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 1002 City: Reno

industrial designers probably love this thing

texasT · Posted: Aug 11, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject:

bachlonso · Backside 180 Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA

3D-printers are mainly used to fabricate prototypes during the (early) development stages of products where small numbers of a physical prototype are required and needn't withstand the strain of regular product use - hence usually package investigation or plainly just demonstrators. industries such as home electronics and automobile are useing this rapid prototyping technique. it is also being used to print cores for casting.

brassmonkey · Posted: Aug 12, 2011 1:03 pm Post subject:

Post more mind blowing stuff.

bachlonso · Backside 180 Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA

no real use to those, nevertheless interesting.

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando