3D Printer

[Otis Da HousKat]

I live in North, FL. I have access to Alabama as my dad works there.

I have access to Alabama also as I'm an American citizen.

[Ad Bot]

[Bustos]

Already have. Laser cutter. Can but blades on a knife.

Watch the whole thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO3UEDbXOTM

Cool that printer does color, and it recycles the trimmings
I was wondering about the trimmings =]

And that laser cutter can etch metal!

Also, I wonder if you can use this to design customized Lego bricks... :O

Who would have thought? =D

[Fizzles]

[Azerath]

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Want what? Crack?

[TapeDeck]

Uses ABS plastic, the same kind that Lego uses.

On noes im missing a brick!
*prints*
thats better

[Bustos]

On noes im missing a brick!
*prints*
thats better

Nice

Youd be able to make some pretty awsome bricks

[TapeDeck]

like bricks that are meant to go at a 45 degree angle

[Ronin]

LEGO would drive to your house and sue the forget outa you. if you sold them..

[Masterlegodude]

if you sold them..

Who'd be selling LEGO bricks knowing that they could be sued?

[TapeDeck]

easy money

EDIT: Why sell crack when its illegal?

[Feep]

Cause it tells me to sell it to my friends.

[Bustos]

easy money

EDIT: Why sell crack when its illegal?

Lol

You'd profit if you used the printer right now
In the vid he was saying that some point in the future, it just might be in everyones home, because of how convenient it is.  So if everyone has one, why would they buy something from you that they can make?
Wait...maybe if they dont feel like makin it, so w/e

Wanna start a business Bones? =D

[Reactor Worker]

For those that are interested, you can make your own 3D printer at home using designs or kits from here...

http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

A full kit costs about $2000 (still a cheaper option).

You can design to print in almost anything. Some have printed in chocolate, cheese, wax, soft plastics and even using melted sugar.

Sadly the accuracy of the home built one is no where near the level of precision found in the $20,000 3D printer, but it's good enough for most home/experimental uses. The process is also very slow and the scale of the $2000 kit is rather small (objects have to fit in a  8"x8"x6" area).

Of course, the design is pretty open so you are free to alter it as you like. I don't think it would be too difficult to double or even triple the printable area. Remember, however, that the larger the printer area, the longer it will take. Small projects can take days. A large one could take a week or more.

[Bustos]

Good stuff Reactor
The homebuilt one looks cooler lol
Though I guess anything you make yourself, you can make look cool

All the other printers are humongous too.

And I just remembered seeing some models at school in a display
So i guess we have the machines =]

I already took a Graphic Communications class which was pretty cool
I wanna get into that shtuff, Engineering and whatnot

[MrCookie]

Make Lego bricks, would put Lego company out of business.