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3D printer that replicates parts? Oh joy!

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lilshawn:


--- Quote from: Corbo on July 13, 2011, 07:48:36 am ---Need a new car?  Can't afford a Ferrari? Well you can now with a 3D printer and your friendly Torrent sharing website.

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no doubt.  :lol


--- Quote from: Corbo on July 13, 2011, 07:48:36 am ---Except when Epson and HP get this tech out the door the Ink will cost more than Lunar Unicorn tears.

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until one of those companies makes a cartridge refill kit.

danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: lilshawn on July 13, 2011, 08:42:11 am ---
--- Quote from: Corbo on July 13, 2011, 07:48:36 am ---Need a new car?  Can't afford a Ferrari? Well you can now with a 3D printer and your friendly Torrent sharing website.

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no doubt.  :lol


--- Quote from: Corbo on July 13, 2011, 07:48:36 am ---Except when Epson and HP get this tech out the door the Ink will cost more than Lunar Unicorn tears.

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until one of those companies makes a cartridge refill kit.

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And then when you go to refill it, it sprays ink everywhere, causing you to swear and just throw the printer away when the ink runs out...

lilshawn:

:lol



ChadTower:


--- Quote from: lilshawn on July 13, 2011, 12:40:23 am ---I still like the idea that If say, I break the handle off of my coffee maker pot, I could go to the manufacture website, pay for a "new" handles plans and print it out.

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We have been able to buy parts for nearly anything for decades.  Customer service phone lines and now manufacturer websites are your friend here.  I buy parts for all sorts of things all the time.




scofthe7seas:


--- Quote from: Nephasth on July 13, 2011, 12:05:43 am ---
--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on July 12, 2011, 11:54:20 pm ---...but the software couldn't know the inner workings of the wrench.
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The inner workings of wrenches can be pretty complicated. ::)

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The inner working of a baby rattle aren't complicated, but a scanning machine couldn't figure that out either. It's a surface scanner, not an X-ray.

Also, I don't think the tech is all that advanced. The polymer they use is the big deal. The tech is essentially creating layers of the objects at a very fine level, and layer by layer the polymer is combined with an adhesive in the shape of the object. Kind of like a CT scan works on the brain. They model faces this way in movies for CG effects.

It IS pretty cool, but the guy also pointed out that he DID break the wrench when he used it as hard as he could. However, it absolutely could be used for star wars yokes. You could even get the insignias and colors built in.

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