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Speaking of RepRap does anyone have a list of things that are either impossible or incredibly expensive/difficult to manufacture in traditional ways, but with a
by icefox 15y ago
Speaking of RepRap does anyone have a list of things that are either impossible or incredibly expensive/difficult to manufacture in traditional ways, but with a 3d printer are easy?
- nickpinkston 15y agoAs a 3D printing dude - right now the main emphasis is either hobbyists can DIY print stuff at home (since they couldn't do that before) or you can use 3D printers to make really crazy geometries that aren't possible - think of nuts lattice-work. Here's group that have amazing algorithmic 3DP art: http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com Other practical uses are like InvisAlign mouthpieces that are each 3D printed to your specific teeth. It would've been possible using CNC, but would have been very hard to do.
- burgerbrain 15y ago(you've got an extra http:// http:// on your URL.)
- nickpinkston 15y agoThanks - fixed it!
- Palomides 15y agoa sphere with an entirely internal cube-shaped hollow section in the middle, out of one piece? internal structure is the main thing it has over traditional CNC
- icefox 15y agoHmm could you do anything interesting by making the hollowed out section a vacuum?