3D Printing

[Chook]

Found this today where you can print in 3D.

It is a lot like the Rapid Prototype Machine we have @ work but a lot less expensive (starting from $1499)

Thought it would be great for those custom pieces we build either as the end item or as a prototype.

http://pp3dp.com/

 

[Chook]

Here is a video showing a working Ball Bearing being printed

http://youtu.be/N0TKl4y39sA

 

[Chook]

Price has come down already........... In this video they are saying this model is $1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=iB5i5SA6rKQ

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Wow thats definetaly cool. But think I will ever need one:wink:

 

[Hans3T]

I would love to have one of those. I see that and think of all the entrepreneurial activities I could undergo...

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

I would want to see if it could make a really detailed Hummer

 

[Hans3T]

If you've got a 3D rendering, it can make just about anything.

Eventually, they say that 3D printers will be commonplace and when you buy something off of the internet, you can print it at home.

"Oh, my door handle broke on the 3? Let me throw a block of plastic in the printer and get it fired up!"

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

:thumbs:

 

[3rdH3]

They are really cool and useful. One of the labs at the university I work at set one up in the lobby of one of the engineering buildings right outside my office. They do have machines here that can make items much larger. Do a youtube search using [h=1]Virginia Tech: Interactive 3-D printing station.[/h]

 

[Hans3T]

Awesome!!

[video=youtube;c1MhNlGi-5I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1MhNlGi-5I[/video]