3D printers

mojo · Posted: Jul 25, 2010 12:21 pm Post subject: 3D printers

are freaking cool. supposedly in the future you will be able to "order" something and simply print it out at your house.

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

mojo, come on man ....order something and print it at your house...what's it print the words gullible??

I understand they can make a 3D printer but to say that we would be able to order a IPOD off the internet and my computer will print it for me....

mojo · Posted: Jul 25, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject:

that's exactly what is supposed to happen. it's the same principal as downloading software rather than having to wait for the CD. i'm not fully sure how they plan to print the motors and electronics, but there's no reason not be think it's possible. google what they can already do.

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

mojo, will it print my flying car too?

Jay Bird · Posted: Jul 25, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject:

mojo · Posted: Jul 25, 2010 1:09 pm Post subject:

probably not, but you can go buy one for 195,000. they are in production
http://www.terrafugia.com
http://www.zcorp.com/documents/156_2006-0710-Footwear%20News-Color%20My%20World.pdf

Timebomb · Posted: Jul 25, 2010 2:01 pm Post subject:

I'm confused. I could see it being used for prototyping or something. Maybe "printing" out a new design for an iPod you make in cad or something just to see what the physical design you created would look like. But as far as printing out a hardrive and a metal/glass case and LCD screen and all that mess, I don't foresee that happening.

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

you mean a teleporter?
you do know your first link is a airplane right?

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7h09dTVkdw
this?

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

lol so it can make a model....pretty much a high tech CNC no?

isn't that how most surfboards are shaped by entering dimensions into a program then the CNC cuts it out of a blank piece of foam

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

printers are additive tools, so basically it can grow you a model of what your designing in 3d with a CAD program
the jewelry industry is using them to print wax rings they design with CAD programs

but a cnc dose the same thing in a subtractive method from a block of wax, but its way more accurate and the quality of the surface is X100 cleaner than the printed one

but printing dose give you the ability to make things like a hollow ball

where as a cnc could only make a ball , or two bowls that you could them fuse together to make a hollow ball

its all about breaking down the shapes

and quality of surface

as for the idea that this printer could print something like an IPOD or a new shoe

its way too primitive right now

it would have to have the ability to store the necessary elements , and compounds, and minerals , etc that would make these objects up and be able to fuse them together

i don't ever think we'll have the technology to Print a fabric or anything with an irregular structure

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

I can't wait to torrent me a Ferrari...

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

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uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2IJdfxWtPM