Spyder 3D Printable Models

[coastrider]

I was looking for a scale model of my RT online, and came across a site that sells 3D printer versions of the ST for $99. Now if we can only convince them to print a lava bronze RT..... http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=683876

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Wow! :shocked:
A BLUE 2010 RTS would be my choice; but that is amazing... :thumbup:

 

[Derek Paisley]

Better yet, Green RSS



http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=513101

 

[harrypottar]

I could be wrong but I think these are just 3d files of the spyder for computer rendering. Not an actual 3d printed version. Don't know what it would take to convert the files to work with a 3d printer

harry

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Awww Harry! :shocked::shocked:Why'd you have to go and pee in the pool like that?

 

[missouriboy]

:shocked: Awww Harry! :shocked::shocked:Why'd you have to go and pee in the pool like that?

A restaurant with a smoking section is like a pool with a peeing section. Right?

 

[jthornton]

I could be wrong but I think these are just 3d files of the spyder for computer rendering. Not an actual 3d printed version. Don't know what it would take to convert the files to work with a 3d printer

harry

You are correct they are 3-D computer models. To convert them to print on a 3-D printer you need a CAM program that can generate the G code your 3-D printer understands.

JT

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

Well my son in law is a master machinist with a nifty CAD computer-maching setup... Sounds like a plan!

 

[Bob Denman]

I'm starting to think that Christmas is gonna be REAL interesting this year! :2thumbs:

 

[missouriboy]

Well my son in law is a master machinist with a nifty CAD computer-maching setup... Sounds like a plan!

WOW, you could soon become a Spyderlovers Sponsor, offering custom-made models of each owner's own machine. Neat! :yes:

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

WOW, you could soon become a Spyderlovers Sponsor, offering custom-made models of each owner's own machine. Neat! :yes:

Well not so fast "Spyderlover"! It can be machined out of any material but to get detail out of it may have to be a metal alloy, that mean no color unless you want to pay an artist to paint it. If it was a plastic material it would be all in color, everthing, tires, windscreen etc. Also I would guess each one off would cost $$$$ just for material and machine time with no profit. I will ask him what his opinion is any way as he is a lot more clever than I am and get back to you all.

 

[harrypottar]

You are correct they are 3-D computer models. To convert them to print on a 3-D printer you need a CAM program that can generate the G code your 3-D printer understands.

JT

why does everything have to have a G code, this makes it so hard to find...

harry

 

[Bob Denman]

Ain't touching it... :roflblack:

 

[jthornton]

Me neither :roflblack:

I hate to see what happens when I mention my plasma cutter has THC...

JT

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

Nothing like a "G Spot" to get everyone excited!

Or was that a G Code?

 

[Firefly]

Yeah, that is for sure just the price for the files. It also sounds like each part ends up printed separately, so you can change parts, paint them ,etc. after printing on your own 3D printer.

Wave of the future.....

 

[Spyder Monkey]

And I am sitting 30 feet away from a 3-D printer... but I am not forking over $100 and then trying to talk my boss into letting me burn the raw materials.

 

[Bob Denman]

...I hate to see what happens when I mention my plasma cutter has THC...

:crackpipe:

 

[jthornton]

:crackpipe:

Oh, that be a Torch Height Control :roflblack:

JT

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked:
Here I was thinking that the entire process was the product of a kid that I went to college with in the seventies... :roflblack:
Between this and the G-Spot posts; I'm ready to put some Jimi Hendrix on the Hi-Fi...