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Will 3D printing change the world?

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5AZzOw7FwA"]Will 3D Printing Change the World? | Off Book | PBS - YouTube[/ame]

Once everybody has bought one i will be able to afford my own.
 
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I've seen one of these printing... in fact, the prototypes of most plastic parts on automobiles are originally 3D printed. :thumbup:
 
We use 3D printers for prototyping where I work all the time. The technology is simply incredible and the precision with which the expensive machines can recreate CAD drawings is very impressive. Something like to .01mm accuracy.
 
We have them here at work too, they are pretty cool but ours is incredibly slow. We printed about a 10" helical gear that had an almost 18 hour cycle time. Did the same part on our 5-axis mill in about 10 minutes.
 
I am stoked! Biological, combined with poly shapes, my perfect woman awaits! Where can I get one that does both!! LMAO
 
The way i see it,is when it is combined with CNC Machines.

I can see that there is a place for both, you can't CNC a flexible material, but you can print it.

you can't CNC something hollow, such as an easter egg, but you can 3D print it.

you can't 3D print a usable piston, But you can CNC it.

But i can see it being quite a while before they become common place in the home.:rolleyes:
 
I've made a few 3D prints, and it is a lot of fun. It's also a lot of work, requires a lot of heavy CAD use.

And it has changed the world a great deal already. It's now very fast and relatively cheap to print out (usually in a wax) cores for complex castings. We're a long ways away from a star-trek replicator type machine, but we are gaining on it leaps and bounds every day. Couple this with selective laser sintering, and you have some viably useful parts straight from the printer.

NASA using laser-powered 3D printing to build new rocket parts | The Verge
:rockon:
 
outasight20 said:
That day will come a lot sooner than you think. My educated guess is within ten years you will be able to buy one at Best Buy for a couple hundred bucks.
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Now if i could just get a copy of Solid Works to model 3D for couple hun, that'd be great!

We use them here to prototype parts that go into our medical equipment. Our Co makes vital signs monitors. Lots of intricate mating components inside. Cool Stuff!
 
This just makes my brain hurt. I can only imagine in the next ten years one of my daughters needing to "print off her 3D project for class" and that thing breaking.
I just think of all the papers I printed in college and all the printers I literally just put in the dumpster because they hated me. Oh Best buy thank you for carrying the Apollo printer that was 30 bucks. Making it more economical to pitch the printer and buy a new one, rather than buying a new ink cartridge.
 
I'm buying more guns before the machines take over. Just making sure they are not long rifles because then the drones can spot them. :BLAA::Flip:
 
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