3D Printer/Printing thread

[gamblor916]

Anyone have a spare 2k lying around? This Miicraft printer looks promising.

[Tober]

Anyone have a spare 2k lying around? This Miicraft printer looks promising.

Looks good, but the size of the output models seems too small to be of much use to me.

[GoktimusPrime]

If they can print a prosthetic robot hand for a child, then surely they can design Transformers accessories for fans to download and print

[Bidoofdude]

If they can print a prosthetic robot hand for a child, then surely they can design Transformers accessories for fans to download and print

There are. Shapeways has all kinds.
They cost money though.

[morg176]

saw this on a 3d printing site called 3ders.org
very cool

who wants a big freaking gun

http://www.3ders.org/articles/201303...e-minigun.html

[Autocon]

Today I saw an ad for 3d printing on TV. Some sort of engineering firm.Looks cool.

[morg176]

indeed it does look cool.
that is one of the things that got me interested in 3d printing, followed it since 2005. Still saving for one [An Up Plus 3d printer]. But instead of just sketching something, actually building it. And without the loss of fingers or skin on the smaller fidley bits. power tools are not my friend

[Lord_Zed]

I'm getting more and more tempted to buy one every day, but I still don't think they're quite there yet.

Same here, the things people are starting to do with 3D printers is getting quite impressive and interesting, certainly I imagine 3D printers have contributed greatly to the proliferation of 3rd party products.

It will be interesting to where we are 10 years from now, and not just regarding hobbies, will we be printing house hold objects out at home? And then there will be the looming issue of copyright of objects, or at least the template thereof.

If they can print a prosthetic robot hand for a child, then surely they can design Transformers accessories for fans to download and print

I'm sure that's the last thing Hasbro and other toymakers want.

[Tober]

As long as Hasbro can create and distribute toys cheaper than we can print and assemble them, including tampo printing and chroming, they will be fine.

ABS plastic is expensive and one of the primary reasons Hasbro gave for reducing the scale and complexity of their toy lines.

[lancalot]

there was an article on pc authority that they did a test to print a logo piece , from a home 3d printer ...and it cost a lot more and nowhere near as good as buying one ....so it still need a lot of improvement until we can do it at home.