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frosted_flakes
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I don't know if this is a repost, but this thing is pretty sweet.
Its like a 3D copy machine.....the possibilities




What would you 3D print???
Jul 11 2011 1:07PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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I'd rather have a 5 Axis Mill.
Jul 11 2011 1:10PM
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1337
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so fucking neat. idk what i'd print though :\
Jul 11 2011 1:10PM
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TechnoPotamus
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dicks jaymay, lots and lots of dicks.
Jul 11 2011 1:11PM
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Sklar
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my school got one, still havent had the chance to use it though
Jul 11 2011 1:14PM
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tydan
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The company my dad works for has one of these. We were just talking about it and he said someday hes going to bring home the scanner and scan and make a 3d model of each of my family members.

But the stuff he has brought home, made with this thing is spot on with the original. Its amazing.
Jul 11 2011 1:15PM
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DERS.
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holy fuck. id like a lifesize copy of mila kunis plz
Jul 11 2011 1:16PM
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ohmythugaim
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Shit could get pretty interesting soon. What happens when all you need is this thing to make everything you need? No more manufacturing jobs...
Jul 11 2011 1:26PM
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monkatizer
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yes, but now they gotta figure out how to do that with better materials and a LOT faster....
Jul 11 2011 1:36PM
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snowbombz
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my high school has two, they are way less cool, but super fun to use. Bragging rights: i am one of 3 people in my school who can use them!
Jul 11 2011 1:38PM
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seward
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looks like a more advanced version of a rapid proto-type printer.
we had one in college, did the same shit except no colour, and it printed into this liquid goo instead of whatever sort of power they are using in this video.
however a rapid prototype will only print .dwg autocad files. this video was sickkk how they just scanned the wrench.
Jul 11 2011 1:40PM
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I.B
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Thats fucking insane. I would brint giant dildos. or a j-crown kids would go nuts
Jul 11 2011 2:53PM
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MANDER
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I saw one of these 2 years ago but it was no where near as cool or advanced. You could only print 3D computer files and it would cut it out of a box of plastic. This is just crazy though! Do want.
Jul 11 2011 3:04PM
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Bobbum~Man
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Copyright infringement to a whole new level.
Jul 11 2011 3:11PM
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[evan]
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Oh fuck yes, BRB guys gotta go make unlimited amounts of knives and guns to prepare
Jul 11 2011 3:14PM
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ohmythugaim
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I don't doubt the technology will improve exponentially, just like everything else.
Jul 11 2011 3:16PM
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Jeffmnicholas
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thats incredible, but does anyone know how much each print would cost? considering how expensive ink is, i cant imagine the costs of running this printer
Jul 11 2011 3:22PM
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Phil-X-
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honestly ive seen videos about the 3d printers everywhere recently which confuses the crap out of me, this technology has been around for easily 4++ years, my highschool has had a printer for 2 years already. It is a really cool peice of technology but the video makes it alot cooler then it really is. it takes time, patience and causes a ton of stress.

i was one of the better engineering students in my highschool so i got too use it pretty freely, heres a longboard hanger i made

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Jul 11 2011 3:35PM
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eheath
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wait so what is it made out of?? and i dunno if id call that a printer, seems like a gimmicky name to describe what its doing, its actually a replicator.
Jul 11 2011 3:45PM
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ImNotARacist
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this.
Jul 11 2011 3:47PM
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-Mugatu
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How strong is that?
Jul 11 2011 3:49PM
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.cam.
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it prints in layers. Here's a better demonstration.

Jul 11 2011 3:51PM
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eheath
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still, its not printing, its replicating. printing involves ink on paper.
Jul 11 2011 3:54PM
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Phil-X-
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the one in the video is kinda weird with the powder shit, the one we have at our school has legit printer heads that move on the x y z axis. its "ink" is a small small small bead of melted ABS plastic. it also uses a black support material that goes in any place where the structure could be unstable to get rid of this material you dunk the finished project in a special vat thingy of heated solovent. this only removes the support and not the ABS object. You can watch the printer lay down each layer through the glass of the machine.



also at a engineering convention we watched a huge multi axis cnc sorta thing that was able to make a fully rounded golfball with dimples out of aluminum in probably like 5 minutes
Jul 11 2011 3:55PM
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Snowcase
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What is what made of? The finished product? It says it right in the video. And it's a printer. The replicator is actually the cooler part. When I took CNC in high school we would have had to create that object using inventor which would take hours.
Jul 11 2011 3:55PM
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Phil-X-
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at my school we didnt have a scanner, so i had to make that hanger in inventor :(
Jul 11 2011 3:56PM
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Balto
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someone make me a raptor call like they did at the beginning of jurassic park 3
Jul 11 2011 3:56PM
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Phil-X-
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this example is made with a honeycomb inside to save $, cost me $7 to print, would have been more like $40 to have it fully solid. Lets say if it was printed fully solid i would be 100% willing to bomb hills on it
Jul 11 2011 3:58PM
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Phil-X-
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my teacher actually got a bearing EXACTLY like that from this company, the material is kinda weird to the touch, but very cool. it doesnt have any real use as a bearing tho, way too week and the tolerances are way to big
Jul 11 2011 4:01PM
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bangarangmules
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oh my god yes. haha this is amazing though.
Jul 11 2011 4:04PM
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541
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yeah like heath said not printing but still is dope as fuck.
Jul 11 2011 4:04PM
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Talacious[Tally]
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I've used to use one at school all the time, I mainly made parts from engines and what not.
Jul 11 2011 4:21PM
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snowflexzone
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that shit's nutty. why haven't i heard of this before
Jul 11 2011 4:52PM
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AWALLRUS.
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i'd print dildos and sell them.

also i might print some skis and start my own ski company, brb gonna go make a thread asking what I should call myself
Jul 11 2011 4:53PM
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Mr.Luke
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I wonder if it would be able to print a motor. That would be DOPE
Jul 11 2011 5:10PM
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Phil-X-
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This is PRINTING its the the process, just cause its not ink/text too paper doesnt mean anything. Ask anyone with experience with one and theyll tell you its printing
Jul 11 2011 5:30PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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wait wat? epic repost? wat
Jul 11 2011 5:33PM
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belden...
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i'm pretty sure it can i'm not 100% sure but i thought id seen it
Jul 11 2011 5:36PM
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the.cheat
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not a functioning one, all they can do is plastic. actually i believe they use a similar process to make some engine blocks out of metal powder i think.
pretty sure the process in the video is called sintering, theres one called stereolithic where theres a vat of heat sensitive resin that a laser makes passes over, solidifying it in layers. we have one at my school called an extrusion printer, sounds like they guy a few posts above me also has one. we have a cartridge with a spool of abs plastic thats heated up and extruded onto a plate, using another spool of gray plastic of some sort to hold weak parts up. i made a train on it last year, it looks like they guys longboard hanger. the parts are kinda easy to break, but the first video was impressive. also we have a mill. and the materials for printing are really kinda prohibitive to just make random crap for fun, and the machines tend to be upwards of 30000. and it takes a long time to print.
Jul 11 2011 6:04PM
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Phil-X-
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Markus Kayser - Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.

Jul 11 2011 7:19PM
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whoa-dere
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cool

Mar 21 2013 11:39PM
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miroz
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It's a printer.

You give it a CAD design and it prints it in 3D. I get to use a little one that prints in plastic, but my school has two badass ones that use some sort of electron beam crazy shit to print in metal. Aerospace industry, wuddup.
Mar 21 2013 11:41PM
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grapejuice3000+
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id print a satan
Mar 21 2013 11:59PM
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miroz
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I'm pretty sure it can. They can print in plastic, metal, ceramic, and even wood. They can print things inside of things. It would take a bit of prep after printing (severing all the pieces, because there is some continuity to the print), but it could print all of it.

They're also working on printing organs. A kid at my school has a 3D printed bladder. There are doctors working on 3D printed kidneys.
Mar 22 2013 12:04AM
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NoBigDeal
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My dad has one of these. He uses it to make parts for test fitting and test runs before he makes the parts out of more expensive materials. And we use it to make custom putter heads hahaha we print them out, stick a shaft in them and then if they sit and look right we mill them.
Mar 22 2013 1:13AM
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Tinga
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I'd make an action figure of myself. big bang aside, I'd make all the parts that break on my stuff instead of buying new things.
Mar 22 2013 1:45AM
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Malcolm
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This guy made his own 3D printer


Mar 22 2013 2:26AM
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B.Aussie
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That is so cool. I've never seen one before.
Mar 22 2013 2:28AM
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Rafiki
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came here to post this video.

on an unrelated note, y'all should watch Signal Snowboards' ETT series. every third thursday they come up with a concept board and make it. this months was a 3D printed board, last months was a board made of glass. crazy shit from those dudes, mad respect even though they snowboard and this is a skiing website.
Mar 22 2013 2:37AM
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