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Decade old on this, but 3D printing is amazing
Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:45 am
Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:45 am
I'm a commercial GC and just used Sketchup and my local library's 3D printer to manufacture some simple parts I needed for finishes and saved myself $300. Technology is amazing guys.
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Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:47 am to Ssubba
what is new part made of?
This post was edited on 11/15/23 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:47 am to Ssubba
Except it can't do metal.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:48 am to Ssubba
wasn't it recently discovered that some genius somewhere (NY?) was printing 3D guns and "returning" them in a weapons buyback program, to the tune of decent 5 figures? 
Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:52 am to Ssubba
Great way to build Christmas ornaments.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 7:56 am to Ssubba
We used to make oragami by hand when I was a kid. Basically the same thing as so Called 3d printing.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 8:16 am to Ssubba
My son does theater and I designed and built some props for them to use with a 3d printer. They really are amazing.
I just bought a Creality Ender SE. There was almost no setup involved and it prints perfectly. I was told yesterday they forgot some part to a costume. I designed it in fusion360 and was printing it 10 minutes later.
I just bought a Creality Ender SE. There was almost no setup involved and it prints perfectly. I was told yesterday they forgot some part to a costume. I designed it in fusion360 and was printing it 10 minutes later.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 8:26 am to Ssubba
Some suppressor manufacturers are 3D printing titanium. Pretty cool.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 8:50 am to Ssubba
A company called "Relativity Space" is 3D printing rockets so they can custom fit a rocket to deliver your desired payload to orbit. They have sent at least one to space so far and it held up to the desired pressures 
Posted on 11/15/23 at 9:22 am to Ssubba
Can someone print a new dashboard for my 1996 Dodge Ram 1500?
Posted on 11/15/23 at 9:52 am to Ssubba
Just wait until it starts printing its own soldiers and Megatron comes to command his army…so
Posted on 11/15/23 at 10:01 am to Ssubba
I've been into the hobby from 2014 or so. I've had quite a few printers that I've built, but the last one I purchased was the Bambu Labs Carbon X1 and that thing is the fastest and most reliable printer I've owned. It also was the most expensive. Most of them were kits and were from $300 to $600. I don't think I could ever go back with because the speed difference in parts is crazy.
It's fun to design a little thing in Fusion 360 or Freecad like a replacement vent for a dryer and print it when done.
There is a lot of tinkering to get them set up for great prints. Although that new printer is the nearest thing to a plug and play experience.
It's fun to design a little thing in Fusion 360 or Freecad like a replacement vent for a dryer and print it when done.
There is a lot of tinkering to get them set up for great prints. Although that new printer is the nearest thing to a plug and play experience.
This post was edited on 11/15/23 at 10:03 am
Posted on 11/15/23 at 10:09 am to Ssubba
Additive manufacturing covers just about everything now.
Where the technology is lacking (and opportunity exists) is with regard to print speed/size.
Once they solve for that, the economics will sort itself out.
There is a LOT of potential for disruption in manufacturing once they're able to print bigger and/or faster. Think micro-factories scattered all over cities. Tie it into inventory management systems and you reduce the need to hold much of anything in inventory.
Where the technology is lacking (and opportunity exists) is with regard to print speed/size.
Once they solve for that, the economics will sort itself out.
There is a LOT of potential for disruption in manufacturing once they're able to print bigger and/or faster. Think micro-factories scattered all over cities. Tie it into inventory management systems and you reduce the need to hold much of anything in inventory.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 10:25 am to Ssubba
No it’s not
It takes like 24 hours to make some bullshite that looks like ramen noodles
It takes like 24 hours to make some bullshite that looks like ramen noodles
Posted on 11/15/23 at 10:57 am to Ssubba
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my local library's 3D printer
I didn't know this was a thing. Now, that's a good way to spend some money for the public.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 12:24 pm to Ssubba
Was watching a 60 minutes and they are developing a robot to 3D print structures on the moon out of moon dust using lasers. Wild stuff.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 12:48 pm to Ssubba
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I'm a commercial GC and just used Sketchup and my local library's 3D printer to manufacture some simple parts I needed for finishes and saved myself $300. Technology is amazing guys.
I completed a project at a Federal 3D printing R&D laboratory in Idaho last year. The shite they were doing would boggle the mind...and they are actually building the printers as well as buying them off the shelf to retro-engineer. Bunch of guys in the mid to late 20s, none of whom had ever been laid probably, just absolutely ATE up with their work...it was kind of contagious to be honest. I spent way more time with them than was needed but the work they were doing is absolutely fascinating. They are literally printing 3 bedroom 2 bath homes....at scale but it can be done in actual size.
I have a site visit at another one in South Carolina sometime early next year. It is really amazing what they are doing. It seems kind of trite until you realize where it can lead...
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