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3D printer - perfect for a small parts inventor

FaranH

FaranH

GOS Founding Member (Girls On Spyders)
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:
 
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:
 
A lot of folks on another forum 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) 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
 
GPS Holder from 3D printer

My GPS holder was made on a 3D Printer by my friend. Here are a couple of pictures:
 

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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.
 
acinpcola said:
My GPS holder was made on a 3D Printer by my friend. Here are a couple of pictures:
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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.
 
jthornton said:
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
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(Still waiting to hear about using PayPal to pay Len for a set...)
 
that little pouter(icon) does a heck of a job expressing his feelings.....one of the best conveyances I've seen.
 
FaranH said:

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.
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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:

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Jerbear said:
that little pouter(icon) does a heck of a job expressing his feelings.....one of the best conveyances I've seen.
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I wish that their website was still up and active; I have yet to find a decent replacement for it!
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John, I'm just going to have to break down and give them a call...
 
Lamonster said:
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:
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Should have known you were already using it! ;)
 
Pretty expensive for just toys

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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