Comments on: New 3D printing materials: clear plastic, skateboard-tough plastic http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: urbanhick http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021448 urbanhick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021448 Oh. My. God. I want one of these SO badly. My wife is a goldsmith, and it'd be handy enough for that; but I can think of any number of day-to-day applications for this. Oh. My. God. I want one of these SO badly. My wife is a goldsmith, and it’d be handy enough for that; but I can think of any number of day-to-day applications for this.

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021449 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021449 peak at new materials? peak at new materials?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022217 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022217 The article says skateboard. That isn't a skateboard. Seems like it's false advertising. Look at this amazing FOOD this printer can make! NOTE: Food not edible. The article says skateboard. That isn’t a skateboard. Seems like it’s false advertising.

Look at this amazing FOOD this printer can make! NOTE: Food not edible.

]]> By: glassbeat http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021451 glassbeat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021451 @Michael Dawson: Duh, it's so you can watch it at work with the sound off. :) @Michael Dawson: Duh, it’s so you can watch it at work with the sound off. :)

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022220 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022220 Are these plastics food-grade? I'd love to print a new outer cylinder for my Aeropress -- my current one is all scratchy and no longer air tight when I plunge it. ... hmmm, although printing out my own version of the aeropress may not be legal, even if I have already bought two... Are these plastics food-grade? I’d love to print a new outer cylinder for my Aeropress — my current one is all scratchy and no longer air tight when I plunge it.

… hmmm, although printing out my own version of the aeropress may not be legal, even if I have already bought two…

]]> By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1023255 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023255 Foodgrade ABS was my thought as well. As soon as the price of 3D printers and this magic printable ABS plastic comes down in cost, these guys are going to bankrupt the chinese manufacturing industry. Did junior lose his sippy cup? No problem, just print him another one. Why buy little Joey a yo-yo, when you can print him one in half the time it takes to drive to the store? Did you snap off that fold-away cup holder in your car? No problem. Just print another one. My guess would be that there will be a breakthrough in 3D printer technology on the same level that there was with inkjet printer tech within 10 years, and 5 years after that, engineers will own them for hobby use at home, much like 5 axis CNC is starting to see an uptake as a hobby -- or as engineers started building computers in their garage in the 1970s. The new future isn't that far away. Foodgrade ABS was my thought as well. As soon as the price of 3D printers and this magic printable ABS plastic comes down in cost, these guys are going to bankrupt the chinese manufacturing industry. Did junior lose his sippy cup? No problem, just print him another one. Why buy little Joey a yo-yo, when you can print him one in half the time it takes to drive to the store? Did you snap off that fold-away cup holder in your car? No problem. Just print another one.

My guess would be that there will be a breakthrough in 3D printer technology on the same level that there was with inkjet printer tech within 10 years, and 5 years after that, engineers will own them for hobby use at home, much like 5 axis CNC is starting to see an uptake as a hobby — or as engineers started building computers in their garage in the 1970s. The new future isn’t that far away.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021726 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021726 I'm still waiting for 3D printers that can use meat so I can reenact that scene from "The Fifth Element" and make my very own Milla Jovovich. I’m still waiting for 3D printers that can use meat so I can reenact that scene from “The Fifth Element” and make my very own Milla Jovovich.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022250 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022250 I believe autoclavable plastic is available, but not for the objet. 3D Systems SLA machines print nylon that you can autoclave. Objet machines are pretty neat, Burton uses them for R&D. They print a snowboard binding, ride it, get feedback, and print a new and improved one overnight. Collapsing a design cycle that used to be a year into 24hrs. Also, printing a 1:1 skateboard from this Objet material will probably set you back about $10k. I believe autoclavable plastic is available, but not for the objet. 3D Systems SLA machines print nylon that you can autoclave. Objet machines are pretty neat, Burton uses them for R&D. They print a snowboard binding, ride it, get feedback, and print a new and improved one overnight. Collapsing a design cycle that used to be a year into 24hrs. Also, printing a 1:1 skateboard from this Objet material will probably set you back about $10k.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1043242 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043242 magicmodel says this looks like a very nice material. Lots of new applications for see through transparent material. Nice one Objet magicmodel says this looks like a very nice material. Lots of new applications for see through transparent material. Nice one Objet

]]> By: UndeadBard http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021996 UndeadBard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021996 I guess my question must be is this fossil based? I guess my question must be is this fossil based?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021746 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021746 Wow dude, sorry the brand new 3D printing technology can't print a high quality skateboard for you yet. Are you serious? If you are kidding then I am sorry for not catching the sarcasm. This technology blows me away. It is like something out of a science fiction novel. I find it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that someone could just say "meh" about it. It is like standing on the shoulders of a giant and complaining about the view. Wow dude, sorry the brand new 3D printing technology can’t print a high quality skateboard for you yet. Are you serious? If you are kidding then I am sorry for not catching the sarcasm. This technology blows me away. It is like something out of a science fiction novel. I find it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that someone could just say “meh” about it. It is like standing on the shoulders of a giant and complaining about the view.

]]> By: YarbroughFair http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1023292 YarbroughFair Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023292 Obviously. Obviously.

]]> By: coop http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021505 coop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021505 @Michael Dawson: You'll see this on many TV programs shown in the US. If the person speaking as any discernable accent they get the sub-title treatment. @Michael Dawson: You’ll see this on many TV programs shown in the US. If the person speaking as any discernable accent they get the sub-title treatment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021507 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021507 I've been continuously disappointed by anything labeled Skateboard from boing boing... That's the kind of skateboard you'd have gotten from K-mart for 5 bucks in the late 80s. Show me a 7.25 used for a boardslide, then I'll accept it as legitimate. I’ve been continuously disappointed by anything labeled Skateboard from boing boing…
That’s the kind of skateboard you’d have gotten from K-mart for 5 bucks in the late 80s. Show me a 7.25 used for a boardslide, then I’ll accept it as legitimate.

]]> By: andygates http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021511 andygates Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021511 I get that lovely "disruptive tech" shiver from the speed at which 3D printing is moving. What's the rubber stuff demoed on some of the parts? I get that lovely “disruptive tech” shiver from the speed at which 3D printing is moving. What’s the rubber stuff demoed on some of the parts?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022027 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022027 I'm not real excited by this budget 3D printing either. I have a Sherline CNC mill that will make the same thing out of metal (it would take a while), for not much more money than these low end 3D printers. But the flexibility to drill insanely precise holes, mill steel, engrave, and add a digitizer is a big plus. With a budget stepper driver board, and some decent steppers, you can get going with CNC for about $1500. The one advantage I see to the 3D printing is the ability to produce shallow undercuts without repositioning the work piece. I would like to see one of these squirting a bismouth alloy. I’m not real excited by this budget 3D printing either. I have a Sherline CNC mill that will make the same thing out of metal (it would take a while), for not much more money than these low end 3D printers. But the flexibility to drill insanely precise holes, mill steel, engrave, and add a digitizer is a big plus. With a budget stepper driver board, and some decent steppers, you can get going with CNC for about $1500. The one advantage I see to the 3D printing is the ability to produce shallow undercuts without repositioning the work piece. I would like to see one of these squirting a bismouth alloy.

]]> By: Coxswain http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021777 Coxswain Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021777 The way that guy kept waggling his eye brows creeped me out. The way that guy kept waggling his eye brows creeped me out.

]]> By: Methusedalot http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021781 Methusedalot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021781 If they ever make a Milla Jovovich out of meat I call dibs on the Filet mignon. If they ever make a Milla Jovovich out of meat I call dibs on the Filet mignon.

]]> By: LogrusZed http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021531 LogrusZed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021531 "And it took all your weight?" "Yes, the metal alloy trucks I'm actually standing on took all my weight on those 2/3 or 3/4 scale deck! Isn't it amazing how when you decrease the length while maintaining thickness there is less stress in the middle?" mutha' fuckin' science. “And it took all your weight?”

“Yes, the metal alloy trucks I’m actually standing on took all my weight on those 2/3 or 3/4 scale deck! Isn’t it amazing how when you decrease the length while maintaining thickness there is less stress in the middle?”

mutha’ fuckin’ science.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021789 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021789 There is a Milla Jovovich made out of meat but Paul W. S. Anderson already has dibs on that one. There is a Milla Jovovich made out of meat but Paul W. S. Anderson already has dibs on that one.

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022049 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022049 Now anyone can rapid prototype a working zip gun like Malkovich's character in In The Line Of Fire! Now anyone can rapid prototype a working zip gun like Malkovich’s character in In The Line Of Fire!

]]> By: djn http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022056 djn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022056 @obdan: Hmm, now where to start building my spaceship parts... (Or were you referring to the movie instead of Civ4?) @obdan:
Hmm, now where to start building my spaceship parts…
(Or were you referring to the movie instead of Civ4?)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022059 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022059 Not to mention that skateboard sucked! They could have made it a lot cooler by integrating impossible to make truss structures on it, heck they could have put 3d dimensional gothic styling on it! Heck at the very least, they could have textured it for a better grip! 3D printing in anything is cool because you can make just about any arbitrary structure you want, even things that are IMPOSSIBLE with current technology. At the current time, 3D printing in plastic is much more than an R&D dream. Aerospace companies are using plastic 3d printing processes to make parts that are going into airplanes TODAY. Turn's out it's cheaper to make parts that way. With 3d plastic printing, you can integrate several parts into one and cut down on assembly costs. Sure, it's not one of the coolest application, but it shows that 3d printing is being used to make "parts," and not just "prototypes." Not to mention that skateboard sucked! They could have made it a lot cooler by integrating impossible to make truss structures on it, heck they could have put 3d dimensional gothic styling on it! Heck at the very least, they could have textured it for a better grip!

3D printing in anything is cool because you can make just about any arbitrary structure you want, even things that are IMPOSSIBLE with current technology.

At the current time, 3D printing in plastic is much more than an R&D dream. Aerospace companies are using plastic 3d printing processes to make parts that are going into airplanes TODAY. Turn’s out it’s cheaper to make parts that way. With 3d plastic printing, you can integrate several parts into one and cut down on assembly costs.

Sure, it’s not one of the coolest application, but it shows that 3d printing is being used to make “parts,” and not just “prototypes.”

]]> By: andygates http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022074 andygates Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022074 Hmm, you <i>could</i> use a printed collagen substrate and grow your own Milla mignon... Benher - AFAIK, since most of these techniques use thermoplastics, they won't take the high temperatures of an autoclave without turning back to goo. At the end of the demo there's a teacup holding water at 80c, which (contradict me, makernerds?) is the state of the art. Hmm, you could use a printed collagen substrate and grow your own Milla mignon…

Benher – AFAIK, since most of these techniques use thermoplastics, they won’t take the high temperatures of an autoclave without turning back to goo. At the end of the demo there’s a teacup holding water at 80c, which (contradict me, makernerds?) is the state of the art.

]]> By: obdan http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021819 obdan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021819 "I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. “I want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Are you listening?

Plastics.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022085 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022085 In the near future 3D printers will become self aware and start replicating themselves! O_O; In the near future 3D printers will become self aware and start replicating themselves! O_O;

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021581 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021581 And the fact they added in ribs on the bottom to help strengthen it as well... I still don't get what is so "awesome" about 3D printing with plastic. Granted, if (and this is a big if) I can pick up a really really good 3D printer for like a grand and turn out stuff like this for about the cost of buying one in the store (or have a company do the same for me) then great. But right now I really see this as a company's R&D dream. Easy fab products for demos, fitment, anything they need a real scale mockup for. I guess it's not exactly the same as doing circuit boards, but there are companies that will custom make those as well. But, as it is with the scales of economy, your base price is bad until you get to a couple hundred or so. And the fact they added in ribs on the bottom to help strengthen it as well…

I still don’t get what is so “awesome” about 3D printing with plastic. Granted, if (and this is a big if) I can pick up a really really good 3D printer for like a grand and turn out stuff like this for about the cost of buying one in the store (or have a company do the same for me) then great. But right now I really see this as a company’s R&D dream. Easy fab products for demos, fitment, anything they need a real scale mockup for.

I guess it’s not exactly the same as doing circuit boards, but there are companies that will custom make those as well. But, as it is with the scales of economy, your base price is bad until you get to a couple hundred or so.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1022096 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1022096 I wonder what kind of lenses (not camera lenses, but light source focusing lenses) and light modifiers could be printed for photography I wonder what kind of lenses (not camera lenses, but light source focusing lenses) and light modifiers could be printed for photography

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021586 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021586 hardly a real skateboard. i'm a hater. hardly a real skateboard. i’m a hater.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/08/new-3d-printing-mate.html#comment-1021588 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1021588 A Videographer, and spokesperson could go a long way for this company. A Videographer, and spokesperson could go a long way for this company.

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