jade1955 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Has anyone else heard of this, amazing. And this in Japan Omote 3D Shashinkan 3D printing photo booth by Party The potential for this is mind blowing, especially when the price comes down to a level when there are affordable versions of this technology for use in the home. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 We had one at my last company that was used to make product prototypes. Really amazing stuff! slayer9019 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I've been reading about these things in wired magazine.. very cool stuff for sure. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaliaCamille Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Apparently there's one at my uni that students with permission can use. I've never been able to think of anything I desperately wanted to print, though... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer9019 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 I've been reading about these things for a bit now. They have been pushing the technology rapidly. There are even kits to build them at home on the (relatively) cheap. Super cool stuff! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenRose Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 My brother is an engineering major and was telling me about this. The possibilities are wild! Printing houses, cars, planes, you name it... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy1313 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I can understand shinobi - - - Updated - - - I can understand shinobi Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seawallpaul Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I read an article a few weeks back about a printed Ar-15 receiver , evidently it crumbled after about 20 rounds. They've been using edible substrate and printing various types of food! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colored Guy Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Most of them do plastic parts and have been around for 20 years, used to be known as Rapid Prototyping. The newer ones do much finer detailed work and they're fast. We have one at work that gets a lot of use. There are also ones that make parts out of metals, known as Selective Laser Sintering. They make parts from steel, titanium as well as alloy blends, as well as green sand used for making molds. But, you need to have the part geometry in a certain format that the machine will accept. Any glitch in the 3D CAD file and it crashes in the middle of the part. So these will be pretty much limited to industry for quite a while. I'm sure when they are available to the public, they'll come with simple canned geometry to make simple parts to amuse yourself. Rob hogg 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer9019 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Most of them do plastic parts and have been around for 20 years, used to be known as Rapid Prototyping. The newer ones do much finer detailed work and they're fast. We have one at work that gets a lot of use. There are also ones that make parts out of metals, known as Selective Laser Sintering. They make parts from steel, titanium as well as alloy blends, as well as green sand used for making molds. But, you need to have the part geometry in a certain format that the machine will accept. Any glitch in the 3D CAD file and it crashes in the middle of the part. So these will be pretty much limited to industry for quite a while. I'm sure when they are available to the public, they'll come with simple canned geometry to make simple parts to amuse yourself. Rob The one thing I would find one of these at home infinitely useful for would be stupid plastic car parts. I would be printing all kinds of gauges, dash pieces, various interior doo-da pieces (clips, molding, etc) and maybe and custom airbox. When I was in college we used the uber-expensive 5-axis CNC to mill out skateboard trucks. I think the school got a bit upset at the waste involved but it was cool! Lochlan 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colored Guy Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 The one thing I would find one of these at home infinitely useful for would be stupid plastic car parts. I would be printing all kinds of gauges, dash pieces, various interior doo-da pieces (clips, molding, etc) and maybe and custom airbox. When I was in college we used the uber-expensive 5-axis CNC to mill out skateboard trucks. I think the school got a bit upset at the waste involved but it was cool! If you are the least bit handy in 3D CAD, you can generate the geometry to make your own simple parts. If the program lets you export it in the STL format, you're in. I can do pretty complex part modeling, so its easy for me, but I have access to expensive CAD "seats" that many do not. Lots of equipment in school was used and abused, from making hash pipes in 8th grade and so on as our skills improved. Rob Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer9019 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 If you are the least bit handy in 3D CAD, you can generate the geometry to make your own simple parts. If the program lets you export it in the STL format, you're in. I can do pretty complex part modeling, so its easy for me, but I have access to expensive CAD "seats" that many do not. Lots of equipment in school was used and abused, from making hash pipes in 8th grade and so on as our skills improved. Rob What's shop class without someone (or everyone) making a bong or pipe? Colored Guy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colored Guy Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 What's shop class without someone (or everyone) making a bong or pipe? On slow days, we would heat things in the oven until they glowed. Then put them on benches and see who walked by and tried to pick them up. Rob Brock Varty and slayer9019 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer9019 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 On slow days, we would heat things in the oven until they glowed. Then put them on benches and see who walked by and tried to pick them up.Rob Actually in High School I remember having a ton of fun in welding class making all sorts of trouble. Ever weld a shop stool to a table? My High School was stupid enough to let a bunch of teenagers have access to plasma cutters, oxy-acetylene torches, mig/tig/arc welders and all other types of goodies. Man did I have fun! If it wasn't for that class and auto class I would have never gotten interested in fabrication and car/bike modification. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-52957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colored Guy Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Actually in High School I remember having a ton of fun in welding class making all sorts of trouble. Ever weld a shop stool to a table? My High School was stupid enough to let a bunch of teenagers have access to plasma cutters, oxy-acetylene torches, mig/tig/arc welders and all other types of goodies. Man did I have fun! If it wasn't for that class and auto class I would have never gotten interested in fabrication and car/bike modification. There were a couple of guys who would neatly braze things to the welding tables. But at the end of each class, everything had to be accounted for and if you got kicked out.. it wasn't a good thing. Rob slayer9019 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-53026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 We have SLS (Selective laser sintering) machine at University, but is quite expensive. I need some parts prnted for my term project and it will pobably eat my wallet. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/3080-3d-printing/#findComment-62143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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