Maybe I'm just getting old (well, no maybe about it!), but this blew my mind!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw
I guess this is real?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw
I guess this is real?
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That was great! It's about time. I have been dreaming of this kind of machine since the first time I saw a Xerox in the '60s.Hank Lee
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!
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It has been around for a while. Jay Leno has a version that he uses to make parts that are damaged or they only have drawings of.
The material still has some way to go for heavy duty use.She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.Comment
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas EdisonComment
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Fabbers are really cool, the z150 sells for nearly 15k, not bad for a company that needs lots of prototypes... for hobbyist's its still pretty esoteric in its pricing and requirements to go from sketch to build. I don't think everyone here can render in cad right?
I think in straight lines, but dream in curvesComment
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So... if I put in my old pinup photo of Marilyn Monroe...In my old age I look back and realize how lucky I was to live in a time when common sense was common.
Dennis
Sweet Willy
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It's much cheaper and requires much less skill than making prototypes on a milling machine.Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas EdisonComment
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I mentioned in the other thread "3D printing", about the "MakerBot" which uses an extrusion process method of building ABS plastic components. It's certainly not the highly detailed example that we see here with the powder-like build, but it's pretty neat none-the-less.
A MakerBot kit retails for around $1300 and ABS plastic filament is fairly inexpensive, and the finished 3D objects are fairly durable... perhaps more so than the powder-build.
Perhaps the biggest advantage for the homeshop folks is that you can use SketchUp to design the objects and then go through a short conversion to input to the MakerBot.
Check it out: www.makerbot.com
CWSThink it Through Before You Do!Comment
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Well, everyone here has THE ABILITY to render in cad, we just need the knowledge:-)You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice.Comment
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