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Title: 3D printing - cool
Post by: ChadTower on May 08, 2007, 10:58:29 am: link (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/technology/07copy.html?em&ex=1178769600&en=5712293e5df2be10&ei=5087%0A)

That's pretty cool.

EDIT: Heh. I put the URL bbcode in but no text. The link was there but with nothing to click on.
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: horseboy on May 08, 2007, 11:03:53 am: Wow, really really neat Chad. :dunno

;D
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: horseboy on May 08, 2007, 11:12:24 am: Wow. That is really cool. Star Trek here we come.
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: ChadTower on May 08, 2007, 11:14:33 am: Tron stick handles - printed at home!
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: shardian on May 08, 2007, 11:45:09 am: Those things are sweet. Our engineering department was looking into getting one right before I graduated. I guess they will definitely be getting one now for that price. ;D

One of the cool samples we were given to show off the abilities of the machine was a sealed ball bearing. It was a solid shell with the bearings already inside - all built in place at once. Very neato.
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: RayB on May 08, 2007, 12:52:23 pm: It's too bad the materials are so toxic. I don't see this truly reaching mass market until that problem is solved.
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: KenToad on May 08, 2007, 03:16:57 pm: Quote from: RayB on May 08, 2007, 12:52:23 pm
It's too bad the materials are so toxic. I don't see this truly reaching mass market until that problem is solved.

That's kind of what I was thinking. And what happens to all those toxic fumes, if there are any?
Title: Re: 3D printing - cool
Post by: ChadTower on May 08, 2007, 03:18:35 pm: They get filtered through a little glass ball full of water up top and come out of a pipe on top of the printer.