Metal 3D Printing
When I was at the maker faire the other week, there were a ton of striking projects (including Onomy Labs's niftytilty table - you'll see that at the Where Faire). One attraction that stood out to me was Bathsheba's booth with her metal sculptures. They are amazing.
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She makes these with a 3D metal printer. Though I had heard about 3D printing of this sort and read about it I had never seen objects of this complexity and beauty in person (how long till trading designs like these around are a regular part of p2p apps?). Bre Pettis has posted a video interview with Bathsheba on the Make blog. If you are curious about this topic it is worth watching (or for a slightly smaller download check out her How To Start 3D Printing PDF).
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Wow!!! As a jewelry craftsman, I don't know whether to be happy or extremely frightened. I can only assume that this will lead to a revolution in the jewelry business as a new economic structure emerges that is based on user created jewelry. The same structure has already been established in many other fields. Of course, people will always want something handmade...right? Please tell me I'm right.
Vijay: I'm not sure if standard 3D printing machines use metal for material, but they go for around $20,000 to $50,000 dollars.
3D metal printers start go range from 400K - 1.2 million
It is quite expensive to print parts larger than 7" x 8" x 10"
3D metal printers start go range from 400K - 1.2 million
It is quite expensive to print parts larger than 7" x 8" x 10"
3D metal printers start go range from 400K - 1.2 million. It is quite expensive to print parts larger than 7" x 8" x 10"
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Tim O'Reilly [05.17.06 01:21 PM]
On a related note, see Makezine's coverage of Richard Sweeney's folded paper sculptures.