3d printing with metal, titanium & aluminum

[General of Darkness]

OK, now this is seriously cool as shit.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zApmGFDA6ow

[gunDriller]

OK, now this is seriously cool as shit.

you can download an industrial strength 3D program named "Blender" at
http://www.blender.org/

it will output a variety of formats, including the *.stl (stereolithography) format that is usually used for stereolithography/ 3D printing. however, that is a 25 year old format, it is logical for the printers to accept other formats and/or to have their own native file format.

Blender is not a toy, it's a serious tool, in the same league as Max or Maya, or the 3D engineering programs.


anyway, you can generate your own 3D files and get something printed for $100 ish. might even find someone on Craigslist with one of these machines who would do it for an ounce of Silver.

[Shami-Amourae]

Does anyone besides me on this forum do Blender? I work in it daily for a living. I really want to get into 3D printing sometime but I'm so busy with my current business. I design everything from body parts, clothing, furniture, and so on.

[steyr_m]

That is cool, and it's only in it's infancy. Not a good time to become a machinist...

[steyr_m]

Does anyone besides me on this forum do Blender? I work in it daily for a living. I really want to get into 3D printing sometime but I'm so busy with my current business. I design everything from body parts, clothing, furniture, and so on.

Hey, and it comes in Linux....

[General of Darkness]

Does anyone besides me on this forum do Blender? I work in it daily for a living. I really want to get into 3D printing sometime but I'm so busy with my current business. I design everything from body parts, clothing, furniture, and so on.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwphSQH9Ryg

[steyr_m]

Does anyone besides me on this forum do Blender? I work in it daily for a living. I really want to get into 3D printing sometime but I'm so busy with my current business. I design everything from body parts, clothing, furniture, and so on.

I've been looking through some of the docs -- it looks complicated

[milehi]

Hmmm. I'd like to see the design of the missing lock ring on that acetabular cup. Looks like a complete knockoff of my patent. On the other hand, if the porous coating can be built in instead of applied after the machining process, that's huge.

[Serpo]

Potential is mind boggling and its like stepping into the future

[Bigjon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrJsrTT4EA&feature=player_detailpage


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrJsrTT4EA&feature=player_detailpage


http://www.nextengine.com/
3D scanner

[gunDriller]

Does anyone besides me on this forum do Blender? I work in it daily for a living. I really want to get into 3D printing sometime but I'm so busy with my current business. I design everything from body parts, clothing, furniture, and so on.

i work in it about once a month.

more often i use Solidworks or 3D Max.


however, i want to divorce Max, Autodesk, and Microsoft, so learning Blender on Linux is the way to go, as a training project.