Make your own Tranny at home

Forget the tranny, I'm looking forward to new cartilage for knees being printed - exact OEM. Still have to install them and that is the bugger.
 
Nicad said:
Anyone dabbled in 3D printing yet?
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If I live to be a thousand years old, I'll still never understand the hype over 3-D printing. Sure, if you are a prototype designer, it's invaluable. If you have 5-year old children, and want to entertain them for a couple hours making bracelets and Christmas ornaments, it's a fun toy. Beyond that, what?

OK, a hobbyist can also make plastic Toyota transmissions or e9 parts that would dissolve in the sun. But I just can't see a mass market for 3-D printers.

Sure, it would be great to be able to make replacement transmission parts in our garages. But now you're talking NC machine tools, not 3-D printers. Even looking many years out, for anyone who isn't making parts on a production basis, the cost of that tooling will still be >> the cost of buying a part .

I think the performance of Stratasys' stock shows that I'm not alone in this view, but I'd be happy to hear others' opinions.
 
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jmackro said:
...If you have 5-year old children, and want to entertain them for a couple hours making bracelets and Christmas ornaments, it's a fun toy. Beyond that, what?
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How about a house?
After seeing how custom and improvised foundation and framing are I think that would be a winner.
 
Stan is right, I want to change my answer.

If Adam had access to a 3D printer, Eve could have been created without costing him a rib.
And instead of being expelled after her sin, he could have stayed in Eden and printed himself a new one.

Apologies for the digression.
 
Nicad said:
Anyone dabbled in 3D printing yet? Looking forward to DQ shipping me new parts.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/03/make-toyota-transmission-home-kind/#more-1020849
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We do a few varieties at work on a regular basis.. Biggest problem is the strength of the parts as we can't yet print solid steel, aluminum, etc. we sometimes coat the parts in metal to improve the durability, but it's not like a forged, cast or stamped metal piece.

I'm sure this aspect of it will continuously improve.
 
bfeng said:
We do a few varieties at work on a regular basis.. Biggest problem is the strength of the parts as we can't yet print solid steel, aluminum, etc. we sometimes coat the parts in metal to improve the durability, but it's not like a forged, cast or stamped metal piece.

I'm sure this aspect of it will continuously improve.
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Seems to me the brains that play with chemicals will figure the strength part out.
 
Arde said:
Stan is right, I want to change my answer.

If Adam had access to a 3D printer, Eve could have been created without costing him a rib.
And instead of being expelled after her sin, he could have stayed in Eden and printed himself a new one.

Apologies for the digression.
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Now we are getting somewhere!
 
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