jpowell79 0 Posted August 3, 2012 just read this......things look promising :-) http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/extras/articles/jay-lenos-3d-printer-replaces-rusty-old-parts-1/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iR6 0 Posted August 3, 2012 The parts scanner is cool. Big article about the Replicator 3D printer in this months PPC magazine. Soon we'll download cad files for parts and just print them at home :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 9 Posted August 3, 2012 They are an awesome bit of kit. The conversation has already been raised about one for school. And by speaking to others in education, there's a few of them out there already. The days of the lathe are numbered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V-Dubstar 0 Posted August 3, 2012 We had a similar type machine back in my old job, but the machine needed a CAD drawing 1st in order to make the 'finished' article and didn't scan. So not completely the same but this was a couple of yrs back now - was brilliant really!! Shame the end product was made of a very brittle plastic, but was very useful when we needed to see if parts would fit etc before being machined Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrahamU 6 Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) We sub out the rapid prototype parts at work but we use this so much we are thinking of buying our own, I'm counting the days Edited August 9, 2012 by rado20vT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
