Comments on: 3D Printers Let You Print Out 3D Objects http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tash http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-387780 tash Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:49:54 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-387780 im your bigest fan im your bigest fan

]]> By: sheru http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-218032 sheru Thu, 10 May 2007 05:46:49 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-218032 1000 isnt bad at all this is friggin insaneeeeeee damn! 1000 isnt bad at all this is friggin insaneeeeeee damn!

]]> By: thrillhouse http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-215550 thrillhouse Mon, 07 May 2007 19:41:27 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-215550 Z-Corp has been making these for years, and while rather expensive ($19k), they have a much larger build volume and much better resolution than what desktop factory is selling. You'll be surprised what doesn't fit into an 8x8x10 build. 5x5x5 isn't much - a baseball is 3" in diameter. The “thick water” that Jon is talking about above is SLA and is a very expensive machine, but produces great results. Z-Corp has been making these for years, and while rather expensive ($19k), they have a much larger build volume and much better resolution than what desktop factory is selling. You’ll be surprised what doesn’t fit into an 8×8x10 build. 5×5x5 isn’t much - a baseball is 3″ in diameter.

The “thick water” that Jon is talking about above is SLA and is a very expensive machine, but produces great results.

]]> By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-215455 Jon Mon, 07 May 2007 17:02:03 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/07/3d-printers-let-you-print-out-3d-objects/#comment-215455 I have seen these things in action (industrial kind), to say that they are slow is an understatement... but the results are absolutely mind boggling... out of what seems like a "thick water" emerges with the use of laser light something solid out of NOWHERE... by far the coolest thing in the world. Right now I can barely write as I am always typing, I guess with one of these I will no longer be able to build, just program it in ;-) I think this is cool if you could mesh it with a 3D application like 3DS Max... become your own "factory" for products... lots of possibilities! You can already buy some "desktop" versions of this using heated wire mesh that melts foam... regardless, this stuff is cool. Jon I have seen these things in action (industrial kind), to say that they are slow is an understatement… but the results are absolutely mind boggling… out of what seems like a “thick water” emerges with the use of laser light something solid out of NOWHERE… by far the coolest thing in the world.

Right now I can barely write as I am always typing, I guess with one of these I will no longer be able to build, just program it in ;-) I think this is cool if you could mesh it with a 3D application like 3DS Max… become your own “factory” for products… lots of possibilities! You can already buy some “desktop” versions of this using heated wire mesh that melts foam… regardless, this stuff is cool.

Jon

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