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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: JuST Peter on October 09, 2014, 08:25:42 PM

Title: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: JuST Peter on October 09, 2014, 08:25:42 PM: This might take a while to load but well worth the wait

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/09/14/dnt-illinois-3d-printed-car.wgn.html (http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/09/14/dnt-illinois-3d-printed-car.wgn.html)

The writer said "I went to the IMTS- International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago last week for work and saw they were started to print this car with the goal of having it completed and drivable by the end of the week. There was a booth in the middle of the hallway where the CNC robot was laying down the material. Pretty neat."
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Biggles on October 09, 2014, 08:52:25 PM: This technology is developing at an amazing rate. It's only a little while ago we were impressed by printers making little items out of paper-like material.
Then they made a gun.
And now a car!!
I'm assuming the process in the video was sped up, but it's also possible the printer lays down the material that quickly.
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Brock on October 09, 2014, 08:58:08 PM: Wont be long, before a car service will be just running your bootleg cad data and printing a new one.

I have seen a video some where of an engine that was printed in one piece and actually rotated. It was in plastic, so couldnt run..
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Bluey on October 09, 2014, 09:03:07 PM: I've been playing around with 3D printers for a while now and they are truly amazing. I built my first one several years ago - and it still works!
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Brock on October 09, 2014, 09:18:16 PM: I ve notice that there are fora (plural for forum) where you can get / down load cad packages to print your own parts to build a printer. To me its a chicken egg thing. If you all ready have a printer, then you dont need the paarts and if you need the parts then obviously you are no longer able to print them..

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I have a headache now, I think I will go to bed..
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Bluey on October 09, 2014, 09:30:19 PM: In many respects, they are self replicating machines. Many of the parts for my printer were made on an almost identical printer.
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Totgas on October 10, 2014, 06:24:21 PM: Beware Replicators!!
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: JuST Peter on October 10, 2014, 06:49:40 PM: Quote from: Totgas on October 10, 2014, 06:24:21 PM
Beware Replicators!!
We might have to bring back SG1! :eek
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Shiney on October 10, 2014, 09:11:09 PM: If this works out we may have a chance of making a new ST :think1 :think1 ++
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Biggles on October 10, 2014, 10:18:35 PM: Quote from: Shiney on October 10, 2014, 09:11:09 PM
If this works out we may have a chance of making a new ST :think1 :think1 ++

Let's make it like that concept one we were drooling over. And it will have a nice LED digital display, won't it?

:thumbsup
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Shiney on October 11, 2014, 09:24:53 AM: Great idea Biggles :thumbs
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: JuST Peter on October 11, 2014, 12:29:27 PM: Let's begin a poll to decide what colour of blue it should be :grin
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Tipsy on October 11, 2014, 02:38:25 PM: :wht11 py
it should white pearl that way you would get evry colour plus some depending where you were standing and at what angle the light was reflecting from.
Tipsy
Title: Re: 3D Printed Cars
Post by: Totgas on October 11, 2014, 04:00:19 PM: The panels should be liquid crystal so you can dial up the colour you want - Perhaps a different colour for each day of the week. :Blow