3D printing failures

[Becky]

It seems that 3D printing is far from simple...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23727229

Anyone here been lucky enough to have a go with one? I'd love to give it a try someday, but clearly practice makes perfect!

 

[nivrip]

Yes, I saw that too.

I believe that they are quite expensive, around $2800 plus all the extras. I assume that they use some sort of cartridges like a normal printer but I'm sure they are also pricey.

Friend of mine was looking into having something made by one but he reckoned it would be just too dear. I guess, as time goes by, costs will reduce and maybe eventually we'll all have one in the house somewhere.

 

[EvanDavis]

I believe that they are quite expensive, around $2800 plus all the extras.

£699 from Maplins

And although some of those print were failures, some of them look like works of art

 

[Urmas]

Anyone here been lucky enough to have a go with one?

Hola, burpday gal!

Yessum... simple stuff:
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Librarie...ts_going_on/3Dprinting_at_Meetingpoint(22405)
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Tapiola_Library

Bit more advanced:
http://fablab.aalto.fi/site/

 

[historian]

There is talk in the field of astronomy that 3D printers be sent to a distant asteroid and there to set about building a mining ship to harvest the asteroid for minerals.
historian