Comments on: 3D printing may explode at rate incomparable to its 2D predecessor

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:34:00 +0000

I’m seeing: Jan 31st 2012 (about 2 weeks ago)

By: Canoeman

Canoeman — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000

Not sure if anyone noticed the date on the orginal post with the picture of the bot.
It was TWO YEARS AGO.
there are dozens of 3d printers on the market now, including a huge 3d printer in europe, thatprints object upmto 10 feet in height.
Most of them printing very nice precision parts.
The future passed this artical by.

Canoeman

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000

I think 3D printing with slowly move forward. Step by step. i.e. The iPad wasn’t created the day after the transistor. Where will 3D printing be in the next 5 years? Answer: We’ll find out! Keep your eyes peeled, and let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’ll worry about printing leather shoes and meat in the shape of a dinosaur far down the road. Right now, let’s try to get a nice surface finish.

P.S. Love the picture by the way. Hysterical :)

By: Nils Hitze

Nils Hitze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:09:00 +0000

Well – with $ 300 3d Printers coming like the MakiBox from Makible i guess we’re on our way to “mainstream”

By: Garrett Galloway

Garrett Galloway — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:00 +0000

Garbage! Have you not seen the UV cured resin ‘printers’. 3D printing doesn’t have to take the stand of only additive printing either – think miniature 3D mill. Just because you are stuck within the box does not mean the rest of us are.

3D printing is just the beginning of 3D replication/replicators. There are other similar technologies for rapid prototyping and even rapidly reconfigurable full scale production. Don’t assume a RepRap or a Makerbot are the ONLY kind of 3D printers available.

By: Garrett Galloway

Garrett Galloway — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:00 +0000

By: Hadar

Hadar — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:07:00 +0000

As the tech advances and printers become cheaper and better, I personally see the whole bit of mass manufacturing starting to change.AHadarnd that’s t_he point.

Materials that are strong enough for proffesional use are ohnly a matter of time. Reprap is just the start.

By: Hadar

Hadar — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:07:00 +0000

As the tech advances and printers become cheaper and better, I personally see the whole bit of mass manufacturing starting to change.AHadarnd that’s t_he point.

Materials that are strong enough for proffesional use are ohnly a matter of time. Reprap is just the start.

By: failgadget

failgadget — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:39:00 +0000

If you want to really do anything creative, then you must learn to use 3D software and create your own model instead of ready to print file. I’m considering buying one of these but it really have no commercial value as far as price go. The time it took for it to print a model is longer than the time for me to make a details clay model and make a mold out of that.

By: pepee63

pepee63 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:14:00 +0000

This here is the future, like smartphones were the future but are here now and getting refined every day. When the public start jumping on these 3d printers, then all tech for them will explode like it did for smartphones. I want one now, but i will give it another 12 months for the product to become a bit more refined and cheaper. How good is this technology. I can think of tons of things i could make with one of these things.

By: pepee63

pepee63 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:14:00 +0000

By: X y

X y — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:00 +0000

That is rubbish. I have printed my own parts and they are plenty strong ‘for the purposes that I designed them for’.

By: X y

X y — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:00 +0000

That is rubbish. I have printed my own parts and they are plenty strong ‘for the purposes that I designed them for’.

By: timbox100

timbox100 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000

Even the top end 3D printers have difficulty producing a part strong enough to be used for anything more than “Prototype testing” before being made properly.

The idea that goods will be just a download away is rubbish unless you want a desk full of poor Happy meal toy imitations.

By: timbox100

timbox100 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000

Even the top end 3D printers have difficulty producing a part strong enough to be used for anything more than “Prototype testing” before being made properly.

The idea that goods will be just a download away is rubbish unless you want a desk full of poor Happy meal toy imitations.

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000

Follow the wheaton http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2010/02/makerbot-it-so.html

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000

Follow the wheaton http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2010/02/makerbot-it-so.html

By: Trent Bradley

Trent Bradley — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000

Where’d you get that mug at?! Thats awesome!

By: Trent Bradley

Trent Bradley — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000

Where’d you get that mug at?! Thats awesome!

By: Trent Bradley

Trent Bradley — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000

And not those ones pictured in the advertisements, the one in that exact picture…

By: Trent Bradley

Trent Bradley — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000

And not those ones pictured in the advertisements, the one in that exact picture…