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3D printed skis

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http://blog.stratasys.com/2014/02/13/3d-printed-skis/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Social%2BMedia&utm_campaign=3DPrintedSkis

thoughts?
11 years ago
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slav_slayer
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Why do that when you can just print guns?
11 years ago
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nutz.
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I wouldnt want plastic cores... I guess it's one of those things you have to try before knocking it though
11 years ago
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.Rybak.
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Not worth it. why not just buy a pair of skis or make you're own if that's what you're into.
11 years ago
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Blake.P
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It woulnt work. There are so many different components in skis that couldn't be replicated by a 3d printer (edges/base/wood core/fiberglass)
11 years ago
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Justin.B
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every third thursday did this with a snowboard, turned out interesting
11 years ago
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yangumane
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you don't print guns. you print this piece.

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that's the part for a gun (in this case, an AR) that's hard to get. you can get everything else easily online. the problem is that the plastic part only lasts for 150 shots maximum
11 years ago
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Ali_Dibden
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The gun has made a part now though with different plastics though which fired over 6000 shots! Pretty saucy stuff.

Would be interested to see how some skis came out of a 3D printer.
11 years ago
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yangumane
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cool, didn't know how much they've progressed it
11 years ago
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RudyGarmisch
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Wait, the idea is a whole ski, not print parts and the. Press?
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whoa-dere
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i don't know if these things print by cutting from a block or somehow forming it, but i'm sure you can feed different materials in as it prints. then once it's finished it will just be one whole piece with different parts
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robotdna
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As someone that's used multiple 3D printers, this doesn't seem like a good idea at all for the foreseeable future. Plastics are not at all as interesting in skis as wood, foam, or metal composites. Extruders for the printers are nowhere near printing foam or metal composites to an accurate scale for skis, and can't print wood at all.

As much as I would love to buy next year's gear off iTunes and load it into my iPrinter, I can't see it happening anytime soon. :(
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nutz.
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3d printers dont print wood or metal...and i think you're missing the point in that theres no press or anything, it's just straight up plastic. and the whole point in a 3d printer is that it creates something by building layer by layer. It's not like a CNC where you cut from a block of stuff
11 years ago
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El.
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oh shit, guess i can only slaughter one hundred and fifty people. thats just not enough
11 years ago
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Panda_with_Guns
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damn son, youre a damn good shot.


Also, i woder how poppy a plastic core would be? i feel it would snap in 2 after a half day in the park.
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Substitute
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Yeah cause thats all that we use guns for. Slaughtering people. You must have never picked up a dictonary. Slaughter means to harvest an animal for food. Last time I check I don't make a leg of jim for dinner.
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SEABURN
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My first thought when I read the thread title was, "you can't 3D print skis, multiple materials can't be used in one output, and you can't use metal or wood."

this company did come up with a unique application for 3D printing, but I know they wouldn't handle the abuse most people on NS put their skis through.

the plastic core ski reminds me of the old solly foam-core skis. gaper could ride them, maybe this will be a cost effective way to build price-point skis... time will tell.

and you can tell the company is full of engineers, those skis are visually horrendous... at least the board from signal is cool looking, even if it is an expensive equivalent of this guy:
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11 years ago
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Stadtski
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This is super sick. at my school our tech/engineering teacher has a 3d printer and has been 3d printing bigger 3d printers, so I bet he could help me make some of these. thats super sick.
11 years ago
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ny300z
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LOL at 3d printing BIGGER 3d printers. thats classic

just print a gun and go hold someone up for skis
11 years ago
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Casey
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Solid state skis
11 years ago
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