I'm pretty sure it can..the bottom might be a little flat, but other than that it could. The program that comes with it automatically puts in support pieces for parts that might be likely to break or deform before the thing fully driesNES_fanatic wrote: If this thing works in layers, then can it make a hollow sphere? If it can make a hollow sphere I'm gonna hafta crown it Officially the Coolest Thing I've Seen All Year...... that is, until the Wii comes out.
think of the possibilities!!
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Hate to burst your bubble but this has been around for a while (my uncle is a CAD Drafter for The dept of energy)
Anyway you have to design each part seperately and the buy and expensive molding apparatus (I dunno if you can buy plans on the net for one on a smaller scale) But he does stuff for like REALLY big projects (Like nuclear storage tanks and the like)
Anyway you have to design each part seperately and the buy and expensive molding apparatus (I dunno if you can buy plans on the net for one on a smaller scale) But he does stuff for like REALLY big projects (Like nuclear storage tanks and the like)
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haha...i never said it was anything new, but I will soon have access to one. You dont need to make parts separately...it builds it "from the ground up" adding layers in the correct places.
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We all know its been around for a while, but how many of us have had the chance to use this technology? You aren't bursting any bubbles here, besides perhaps your own.
Unless I'm mistaken, that printer uses the same technologies as a "rapid prototyping machine." It creates contiguous parts by either applying or solidifying layers of plastic tiny fractions of an inch thick. So, yah, if you have a complex machine, you'd need to make many individual parts, but these parts can often be made during the same run.
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Unless I'm mistaken, that printer uses the same technologies as a "rapid prototyping machine." It creates contiguous parts by either applying or solidifying layers of plastic tiny fractions of an inch thick. So, yah, if you have a complex machine, you'd need to make many individual parts, but these parts can often be made during the same run.
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it's similar, but it's done differently. A stereolithography machine uses a special liquid resin tank and a laser slowly hardens the layers to make the shape. The 3D printer thing deposits thin layers of semi-liquid ABS...like a printer, you know, just in 3Dbenheck wrote:Wow cool - is this like a stereo lithography machine?
@teraflopp: if you're going to kill me at least wait until after i've had a chance to use it!
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"Say, what does this button do?"
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive
"Say, what does this button do?"
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive