Metal 3D Printing
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http://news.filehippo.com/2014/01/mitsubishi-metal-3d-printers-are-coming-your-way/
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Can you say print your own medical implants and instruments???
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Wow, I really want one of those! I used to work in a metal shop as an engineer. I could find a lot of amazing applications for this.
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Your mind goes wild with ideas of what you could do with this. What fun!
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This would be lots of fun.
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@Bill-Kindle Oh wow! The applications are numerous!!
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very cool. The industrial revolution is in super high gear.
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I find it most interesting that Walmart finds it valuable nought to offer services for printing.
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@Dashrender said:
very cool. The industrial revolution is in super high gear.
3D printing could be seen as a huge blow to industry and actually one of the biggest wins for cottage industries.
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@ejmillen said:
I find it most interesting that Walmart finds it valuable nought to offer services for printing.
Wal-Mart is more cutting edge than you would think when it comes to using technology. Did you know that they were one of the first retailers to embrace IT and computer systems as part of their logistics system back in 1975?
http://www.cio.com/article/147005/45_Years_of_Wal_Mart_History_A_Technology_Time_Line -
I was happy to see them embrace converting DVDs and Blurays into digital format with VUDU.
Even happier to see you can do it yourself now at home.
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Hold on a minute. So if you were to get a plastic 3d printer and a metal 3d printer, in theory you could print most of the mechanical replacement parts you'd ever need for the two machines.
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@FiyaFly said:
Hold on a minute. So if you were to get a plastic 3d printer and a metal 3d printer, in theory you could print most of the mechanical replacement parts you'd ever need for the two machines.
Correct. If you owned a custom plastic fab and a custom metal fab you could make most anything.
