View Full Version : 3D printer - perfect for a small parts inventor
FaranH
05-29-2013, 09:31 AM
The CEO of the company I work for recently showed me a very detailed nut and bolt his son had created. Very hard material, perfect fit. And it was from a 3-D printer.
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The grandfather bought it to donate to his son's robotics lab. In testing he's made a linked chain, a comb and other random objects such as the nut and bolt.
But I was thinking how cool this would be for some of our Spyder parts inventors and tinkerers who want to prototype something before spending loads of money on tooling, etc.
The website is http://www.makerbot.com/ and the particular model he uses is MakerBot Replicator 2, which retails for around $2,200 plus each spool of plastic ($48/ea). Not cheap but it has some interesting capabilities. I don't know size limitations. Just thought I'd share!:doorag:
Bob Denman
05-29-2013, 09:46 AM
It's pretty cool technology! :2thumbs:
I guess that if you could get a digital scan of your Bike's Tupperware... the sky might just be the limit! :ohyea::thumbup:
jthornton
05-29-2013, 10:01 AM
A lot of folks on another forum (http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/index) that I moderate on make 3-D printers all the time. The really high end printers can do some really nice work. The hobby ones are ok... most of the hobby sized 3-D printers use our software (LinuxCNC (http://www.linuxcnc.org)) to control the machine. In my CNC machine shop I only have one machine that still uses the original control software, the rest use LinuxCNC.
JT
Bob Denman
05-29-2013, 10:09 AM
:shocked: Can you "print" shock relocation brackets?? :shocked: :roflblack:
jthornton
05-29-2013, 10:14 AM
:shocked: Can you "print" shock relocation brackets?? :shocked: :roflblack:
Yep, they could "print" them but they would be made from plastic. There is 3-D printing that uses powdered metal but Len's would be much cheaper.
JT
acinpcola
05-29-2013, 10:15 AM
My GPS holder was made on a 3D Printer by my friend. Here are a couple of pictures:
Rayelljay
05-29-2013, 10:26 AM
Just bought shares in a company which 3d prints parts for cochlea implants and can print for surgeons research. I fly quad and hex-copters and there's a lotta stuff that is 3d printed.
Jeriatric
05-29-2013, 10:34 AM
My GPS holder was made on a 3D Printer by my friend. Here are a couple of pictures:
How cool is that.......pretty darn cool. Can't even imagine what we'll be capable of in another twenty years. Hard to believe how far we've come in the last fifty.
Bob Denman
05-29-2013, 10:36 AM
Yep, they could "print" them but they would be made from plastic. There is 3-D printing that uses powdered metal but Len's would be much cheaper.
JT
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_5.gif (Still waiting to hear about using PayPal to pay Len for a set...)
jthornton
05-29-2013, 10:42 AM
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_5.gif (Still waiting to hear about using PayPal to pay Len for a set...)
I'm thinking it has slipped their mind...
JT
Jeriatric
05-29-2013, 10:47 AM
that little pouter(icon) does a heck of a job expressing his feelings.....one of the best conveyances I've seen.
Lamonster
05-29-2013, 11:26 AM
But I was thinking how cool this would be for some of our Spyder parts inventors and tinkerers who want to prototype something before spending loads of money on tooling, etc.
We printed out my web pegs before going into production and I was able to bolt it up and test fit the angle to make sure it was right. Love this tech! :doorag:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=68891&d=1369844645
Bob Denman
05-29-2013, 11:29 AM
that little pouter(icon) does a heck of a job expressing his feelings.....one of the best conveyances I've seen.
I wish that their website was still up and active; I have yet to find a decent replacement for it! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_2_200v.gif
John, I'm just going to have to break down and give them a call...
FaranH
05-29-2013, 11:42 AM
We printed out my web pegs before going into production and I was able to bolt it up and test fit the angle to make sure it was right. Love this tech! :doorag:
Should have known you were already using it! ;)
Bob Denman
05-29-2013, 11:44 AM
After all; he is "Lamonster"! :bowdown:
rcdurango
05-29-2013, 12:26 PM
We have one now that we been using in the dental field. Where doctors do digital scans and send to us and we print the models.:clap: Really nice for customers that don't live in the USA. Mostly so far we practice making toys:yikes::roflblack: and casting them into metal and other
things. It's all new and no telling where it's going.
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