3-D Printers

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I just heard about these tonight. They look fascinating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5AZzOw7FwA

[jcat (imported)]

see this all done at home http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... world.html amazing!!

[foxytaur (imported)]

They'll put construction workers out of business sadly, the future brings large 3D printed houses that will do twice the job requiring less physical labor.

http://m.ibtimes.com/3d-printers-build- ... ours-video

NB = the name of the game is an ever changing market. Jobs will be lost, new ones created. This wI'll require the neccesity of going back to school. The word "school" makes me cringe.

[Paolo]

Last week, he discovered fire.

[cheetaking243 (imported)]

The medical part of this video is the one that intrigues me the most... 3-D printed body parts that can be custom-made on site with no need for donors, no fear of rejection you say? Perhaps an eventual answer for certain body parts that I and other girls who were born with the wrong chromosomes lack? The future looks bright. I just hope it comes to fruition within my lifetime.

[jcat (imported)]

It may well be then, that people who make a mistake by chopping of their genitals can get new robotic ones!

[fhunter]

It may well be then, that people who make a mistake by chopping of their genitals can get new robotic ones!

A handsome young Cyborg named Ace

Wooed women at every base

But once ladies glanced at

His special enhancement

They vanished with nary a trace.



@foxytaur - IMO, you can not make parts strong enough to build a house with additive methods.

Prototyping, replacement parts (not load bearing) for something that is no longer produced - yes. Mass production is still much cheaper.

NB = the name of the game is an ever changing market. Jobs will be lost, new ones created. This wI'll require the neccesity of going back to school. The word "school" makes me cringe.

This robot replaces two construction workers. It requires four engineers and a programmer for servicing. .

PS. The medical applications for 3d printers are, IMO, the most interesting.

[curious_guy (imported)]

Can these printers make parts with female threads that can accept machine bolts?

[fhunter]

Can these printers make parts with female threads that can accept machine bolts?

The laser-sintering variety probably can, but the more common and much cheaper do not have a resolution for that (and they do not print overhanging parts well).

Personally, if I was printing in plastic, I'd be much more comfortable just embedding few metal nuts or printing a smaller hole and cutting threads with a tap (had to lookup the word, I know the russian equivalent, but not the english one).

On a second thought, combining usual for metal thread sizes with commonly used plastic is not a good idea. But then there are fiberglass reinforced plastics, if printer can use them.

[foxytaur (imported)]

Yo fhunter, asides from use of 3D printers in medical field, would you eat 3D printed burgers?

I question the integrity of the stem celled meat, so far as impurities during the manufacturing process and companies lying to a great extent to cover their asses.

http://www.geek.com/news/a-single-3d-pr ... e-1536823/