[Newsbot]

Title: 3D printing.
Category: Science
Posted By: Freakinoldguy
Date: 2011-10-07 14:10:06
Canadian

[Bacardi4206]

Saw this last year, pretty cool. Can't wait to see what they do with it.

[peck420]

Build your own and find out what it can do today!
http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page

Got to do my first project where tthe entire structure was 3d printed in plastic for analysis before hand.

Still had issues, but very promising.

[SprCForr]

Jay Leno got some money into this. The heat exchanger on one of his steam powered cars is rotten and this technology can get him a new one. IIRC he also said he try to duplicate a Dusenberg.

[Curtman]

I saw this story today..

3D Printing Community to Crowdsource Saving a Species

$1:

Project Shellter intends to leverage the Makerbot community's design talent and network of 5,000 3D printers to design and produce shells for hermit crabs who face a species threatening, man-made housing shortage.

I read the story, thinking this was a great thing.. Then I read the comments.

$1:

Why are plastic shotgun shells unacceptable, but not your plastic junk?

Oh, because this is a transparent attempt to sell more stock for your printers. It wouldnt bother me if the end result wasn't more plastic needlessly dumped into the worlds oceans.