[jimmywalter]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rce-affordable

"Anyone with access to a welder and the Internet soon could make his or her own replacement parts or tools with a new 3D metal printer that can be built in any garage."

"Now, scientists have built an open-source 3D metal printer that costs under $1,200, sharing their design and software with the maker community."

"The snazzy device is modeled after a RepRap (short for "replicating rapid prototype"), a 3D printer that can print most of its own components. The printer uses a metal inert gas (MIG) welder to lay down thin layers of steel, much like plastic printers do, and build complex geometric objects. All of the parts needed to build the metal printer are things one could buy or print using a plastic 3D printer"

"The printer takes about a day to build, and it is inexpensive and simple enough to be built in a garage by someone without much welding experience. But the technology is better suited for use by a small shop business or maker space, because of the safety gear required to operate a welder.

Higher-end metal printers are still much more precise than the one made by Pearce's team. "We are definitely not there yet," Pearce said, but he added that the resolution and speed will only improve with the involvement of the maker community."

[jimmywalter]

http://www.mse.mtu.edu/~pearce/
This is the site of the research group that is releasing the plans. They have a link, but it does not work yet since they are just publishing the plans. Anyone who has an interest should contact them and/or watch the site so they can download the plans.

[iSpoke]

Well, it may not be for Automobiles but for sure Jet engines, turbines will have 3D printed parts that too Made in India.

General Electric brings advanced 3-D printing technology to India.

Source: DNA, FinExp,

Today General Electric announced that they will be opening up a $200 million manufacturing facility in Chakan, located in the Pune district of the Indian State of Maharashtra.
The plant will feature advanced 3D printing technology, capable of churning out high level plastic, and eventually metal parts, used for jets, engines, and turbines.
Source: 3DPrint.com

[msdivy]

A businessman in China has built a massive 3D printer, which can 'print' a house. Cost of each house is estimated to be $5000. Only thing is it can't 'print' the roof.

Source: Giant 3D printer creates 10 full-sized houses in a DAY

[Rehaan]

A friend of mine who works at Google X sent me these 3D models.

Apparently the NSX can be downloaded from the Honda website!





Don't miss the high-detail on this model. You can see the 'H' logo:




Also, since we're at it - here are the 3D printed mock-ups during the design of the Team-BHP Keychains:








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[ksaurabh21]

3D Printed Cars!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fvRa_JqsAE

[Rehaan]

BHPian 71Convertible 3D printed a part for his beetle:



Read the post here : http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/post-w...ml#post3683992

[Gannu_1]

Rehaan, Alibhai has a stock of CKD 3D printers for under 25k shipped via FedEx (link) and some have very good feedback. Fancy getting one?

May have to pay some duties.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by Gannu_1

Rehaan, Alibhai has a stock of CKD 3D printers for under 25k shipped via FedEx (link) and some have very good feedback. Fancy getting one?

I'm actually fortunate to have access to a 3D Printer at this absolutely awesome place in Mumbai : Maker's Asylum

The problem I'm having is that I haven't had the time to CAD something up and actually use it! (Beyond printing a downloaded GoPro mounting frame once).

They are opening in Delhi as well, and they just got a laser cutter! Using the space & the tools is very very affordable too.

EDIT: Attaching pics of the printed housing...

[Jeroen]

For anybody who thinks 3D is not a mature technology yet
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32597809

[Tushar]

J Group Robotics at a recent auto show in Mumbai.

Visitors could get 3D printed busts of themselves made at the exhibit! Depending on the specification, prices range from Rs. 1,500 - 9,500


Your body is scanned, following which, a 3D model comes up on the software. Once the design has been finalized, the printing process takes about 4 hours, so they courier the bust to you


All these items are plastic 3D printouts!


The 3D printers


Plastic strings are melted and then turned into small - medium sized items

[beejay]

Forgive me for going OT. This seemed to be the closest linked thread to post my question.

I am on the lookout for a company that can produce 3D images of eye wear from physical assets. We have a virtual try on solution and need to produce images locally. Right now the physical assets are being sent to France for scanning.

I got several leads yet they were all to free lancers and companies who are good at what they do. Unfortunately no one has done eye wear before.

Would really appreciate if anyone has leads to someone who has worked with eye wear before. This is a really good opportunity considering the work if for a French corporation listed on Euronext and the world leader in augmented reality solutions.

Thanks in advance. Benny

[graaja]

Engineer's Way of Solving Wife's Problems - A Step by Step Guide

Problem statement: Organize the sewing threads.

Steps:
1. Buy a 3D printer kit. Dont' get the assembled one as that would be expensive. Need a cost effective solution here
2. Assemble the printer
3. Design the structure
4. Print it
5. Neatly arrange all the threads and present it to wife
6. Now that wife is happy, go back to printing model cars (can't let the printer lie idle, can we?)

Illustrations:

The problem statement.


Get the kit. In this case, I went for the original Prusa i3 mk3 kit.


Assemble it. Took about 7 hours to assemble.


Printer assembled. This printer has very good software that did a one time calibration of the XYZ axes and the print bed level, and it was ready to print.


Design the part. Used Autodesk Fusion 360 software for the design. The fun part is that I used my PCB designing software to create the basic structure.


Print it. Damn. The thing took almost 11 hours to print!


Fix it.


Problem solved.


And when a friend points out a cheaper solution from Amazon, give that smart reply - "That is not an engineer's way of solving the problem, is it?"


Now go and print a Ferrari! Post processing and painting to follow.


3D Model credit: Thingiverse Ferrari 458 Italia

[Ithaca]

I don't know how much this is applicable to our country but here is some food for thought. Scary food for scary thought.

The federal government has reached a settlement to allow gun rights activists to start selling 3D printed firearm plans online.

3D Gun Printing instructions Lawsuit
Another Link

And now for some fun news which is really helpful / useful to us Indians.

The ultimate selfie: 3D replicas make for futuristic mementos

[srini1785]

I need some help from forum members who are familiar with this subject. I have an old General make MG345 boombox which i am trying to repair. MG345 is triple deck system and i have one complete deck while the other two are missing the cassette holder ( deck 2 ) and two broken play push buttons ( deck 2 and 3 ). Fortunately, one each of the original cassette holder and play button is present. It is from these originals that i though i could make a replica.

I need some advice on services in bangalore which offer this type of 3d scanning and printing service.