I got me 3D printer, awesome!

Paul11 · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:06

A friend of mine got the exact same one and was there yesterday to see it

Amazing little machine. And very cool watching it work

True_Scotsman · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:09

PianoBasher said:
Admit it, the first thing many of us would print out would be a gigantic penis just for the lulz (leave it hanging through next door's letterbox for bonus points).

I bet Printer75 has already done this

RopAyy · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:29

PianoBasher said:
Admit it, the first thing many of us would print out would be a gigantic penis just for the lulz (leave it hanging through next door's letterbox for bonus points).

I agree, first thing i thought of! ha.

Laser cutter and 3D printer......i dont even run an ink printer

jealous!

Doomedspeed · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:39

I want.

That is pretty nice, I use one at University now and agian and would really love to have one at home, just to try out new idea's.

R5GTT · 8 Dec 2011 at 08:41

Great machines and even better having one at home.

We have a couple at work that are my babies

a uPrint which uses ABS like yours and a zprinter 450 which is powder based and prints coloured models at even finer detail.

I saw a printer for around the 1K mark a while back and they reckoned you could use it to print the parts to make a copy of itself !

Just curious Pinter, what is it using for support material as I can only see the one spool of ABS? (I'm guessing it's the green stuff? ) I have to use a brown brittle support material with the uPrint.

Craig1981 · 8 Dec 2011 at 09:15

PianoBasher said:
Admit it, the first thing many of us would print out would be a gigantic penis just for the lulz (leave it hanging through next door's letterbox for bonus points).

Penis? No.

Boobs? Yes.

Cosimo · 8 Dec 2011 at 09:21

I'll ask for one as a Christmas present.

HAz · 8 Dec 2011 at 09:40

All this penis talk reminded me of an awful dream i had last night!

Also pretty cool printer

BeeP · 8 Dec 2011 at 09:49

Todge said:
I'd love one just for giggles.

3D printing really is going to change things over the next few years. Already there is a car out somewhere that uses 3d printed panels instead of formed ones. How cool would it be to just buy a lego design and then be sent the schematics to print it out yourself!

They only work on plastic at the moment dont they?

A bloke at work saw one at a show that was laying down some form of ally making what looked like a very complex manifold, he never got time to have a closer look though as it wasn't something we were there for.

Saw a Z-Printer in action though, I still have the little demo part they made on my desk......sorry but it is so cool.

VeNT · 8 Dec 2011 at 09:54

always wanted one of those build it yourself ones!

Django x2 · 8 Dec 2011 at 09:57

Can you make me a compression join for my under sink plumbing?

Delvis · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:04

Craig1981 said:
Penis? No.

Boobs? Yes.

Nah, i'd make a fortune on the other down below thing

I really don't get this, it's just a reverse laser cutter thing no?

dirtychinchilla · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:15

I am incredibly envious. Enjoy it.

Participant · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:19

Lucero said:
Can you make me a compression join for my under sink plumbing?

Is that a euphemism?

DBT85 · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:52

BeeP said:
A bloke at work saw one at a show that was laying down some form of ally making what looked like a very complex manifold, he never got time to have a closer look though as it wasn't something we were there for.

Ahh excellent I didn't realise they had come that far already.

platypus · 8 Dec 2011 at 11:51

I think the most important question is how long before it can print breasts.

UK-AL05 · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:32

Well that represents 100000 manufacturing job losses in the next 20 years =P

Deleted member 77746 · 8 Dec 2011 at 12:38

Awesome

shootersam · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:11

If only I had £1700 lying about.....

UncleRuckus · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:19

What's that, OP's going into business making bespoke Dildos for the masses?