3-D printers are Scary
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Frunkstar
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Spent some time looking in to 3D printing & what the capabilities are & we should all be scared, making toy sculpts is childs play compared to some of the stuff these machines are already easily capable of producing, if they got the materials matched correctly you would no doubt not be able to distinguish them from the genuine article.
But a huge new resource for humanity in many many aspects & a very exciting time for manufacturing no doubt as the possibilities are infinite.
But a huge new resource for humanity in many many aspects & a very exciting time for manufacturing no doubt as the possibilities are infinite.
poncho
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scary stuff indeed.on that particular piece. What a piece of art.
palitoyjunky
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Yeh it's amazing, there was something about that a few months ago say these 3D scanners could replicate guns etc :shock:
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Will carbon dating be any good here :?: Probably stupid question. :?
palitoyjunky
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Nice thought but am afraid carbon 14 dating wouldn't work.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=girPbHqvxrk
Mr-shifter
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Frightening for us but these 3D printers will revolutionise certain industries.
Within the industry I work in, we use a lot of small, single piece compression fittings made of copper or aluminium, plus many other single pieces made of polymeric plastics. Quite often these are needed for emergency repair works so several of our depots have to keep large amounts of materials of a huge selection of sizes. Imagine going into a store with a list of parts you need, pumping the numbers into a computer and making the parts to order there and then. This would save having to have huge stocks of these parts.
This will be the same for the motor repair industry I imagine. My dentist already has a machine called Cerec which is for making parts of crowns and teeth. Its a computer that takes a scan of your teeth and works out what material is missing. It then makes a crown onsite based on its 3d modelling of your mouth. The technology is incredible.
Although I admit, quite frightening for vintage toy collectors. Hopefully they will not be able to get a correct match for the plastics and there will be ways of telling a la drop test or float test.
Within the industry I work in, we use a lot of small, single piece compression fittings made of copper or aluminium, plus many other single pieces made of polymeric plastics. Quite often these are needed for emergency repair works so several of our depots have to keep large amounts of materials of a huge selection of sizes. Imagine going into a store with a list of parts you need, pumping the numbers into a computer and making the parts to order there and then. This would save having to have huge stocks of these parts.
This will be the same for the motor repair industry I imagine. My dentist already has a machine called Cerec which is for making parts of crowns and teeth. Its a computer that takes a scan of your teeth and works out what material is missing. It then makes a crown onsite based on its 3d modelling of your mouth. The technology is incredible.
Although I admit, quite frightening for vintage toy collectors. Hopefully they will not be able to get a correct match for the plastics and there will be ways of telling a la drop test or float test.
Frunkstar
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The field of 3D printing is really exciting stuff to be fair, I love this clip, just think of the possibilities & mostly recycled & environmentally friendly to a point -
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