3D Printed House
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@scottalanmiller That is pretty cool, I wonder how they feed the building with electricity and hvac.
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China has been doing it for a while. Not as nice of a printer but also isn't circle.
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@stacksofplates this same printer can make a square or any shape needed.
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Ah ok. Ya the printers I saw a couple years ago weren't very nice looking but did the job.
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They also printed like 10 houses in 24 hours but I don't think the printer was portable.
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Apparently they just plan for the power and heating needs and then the 2 man crew runs the cables pipes and HVAC when the printer stops.
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@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
Apparently they just plan for the power and heating needs and then the 2 man crew runs the cables pipes and HVAC when the printer stops.
Seems lazy to me. Make this awesome machine and not finish it - make people have to finish things once it is done. Bah. Technology sucks.
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@scottalanmiller the offset to that is the printer is building the house, by laying concrete in the predetermined plan. It doesn't have a way to lay HVAC, electrical and plumbing.
Would be even better if it could.
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Lazy robots.
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The electric could absolutely be laid, HVAC channels I suppose could even be built in using concrete rather than metal ducts.
Plumbing though... eh...
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@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
The electric could absolutely be laid, HVAC channels I suppose could even be built in using concrete rather than metal ducts.
Plumbing though... eh...
All of that is doable today. It's enough harder than just making wall that apparently nobody wants to bother with it
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@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
The electric could absolutely be laid, HVAC channels I suppose could even be built in using concrete rather than metal ducts.
Plumbing though... eh...
No, needs metal. Concrete would blow dust forever.
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@travisdh1 said in 3D Printed House:
@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
The electric could absolutely be laid, HVAC channels I suppose could even be built in using concrete rather than metal ducts.
Plumbing though... eh...
All of that is doable today. It's enough harder than just making wall that apparently nobody wants to bother with it
I want it to lay the cables and pick out the furniture and paint the walls
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@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
@stacksofplates this same printer can make a square or any shape needed.
True, but as the arm operates radially, the largest footprint for any length arm will be the full swing of the arm, and not its inscribed square. They already look pretty small.
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@art_of_shred said in 3D Printed House:
@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
@stacksofplates this same printer can make a square or any shape needed.
True, but as the arm operates radially, the largest footprint for any length arm will be the full swing of the arm, and not its inscribed square. They already look pretty small.
I've seen proof of concepts with others that look more like dry dock cranes that do larger rectangles really well. But mobility is low, obviously. This one looks like you can put it on a truck and drive it from pad to pad.
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@art_of_shred I looked up this unit a bit more last night, to make a bigger house, you just move the arm using the crane.
It can create the doorways etc and leave them open between wall sections.
Same thing if you wanted a taller house.
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I wonder if bubble chain homes will have a surge in popularity as three or four circular bits get attached to one another.
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@scottalanmiller said in 3D Printed House:
@art_of_shred said in 3D Printed House:
@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
@stacksofplates this same printer can make a square or any shape needed.
True, but as the arm operates radially, the largest footprint for any length arm will be the full swing of the arm, and not its inscribed square. They already look pretty small.
I've seen proof of concepts with others that look more like dry dock cranes that do larger rectangles really well. But mobility is low, obviously. This one looks like you can put it on a truck and drive it from pad to pad.
Yeah, it's certainly possible. This one looks like the budget "Habitat for Humanity" model.
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@DustinB3403 said in 3D Printed House:
@art_of_shred I looked up this unit a bit more last night, to make a bigger house, you just move the arm using the crane.
It can create the doorways etc and leave them open between wall sections.
Same thing if you wanted a taller house.
Sure. You want an upstairs? Throw that bad boy on a stack of pallets and keep squirting cement!
