Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
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Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby Aushiker » Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:02 pm
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby antipodean » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:34 pm
Is there a cycling article link/video on the interwebs that this man hasn't posted to this forum?
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby greyhoundtom » Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:31 pm
Very few I guess, but they are always interesting and worth a look.antipodean wrote:Is there a cycling article link/video on the interwebs that this man hasn't posted to this forum?
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:55 pm
The phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind, but that's not really what it was about, just showcasing the technology, and the technology is very very cool.
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby uncle arthur » Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:08 pm
Well it's ugly as sin, and wobbles like a grandmother after a few too many glasses of sherry, so I'm gonna agree, it's not a better bicycle.
What is it with cycling? 30+ kmh and lycra???!!!
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby Aushiker » Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:29 pm
The technology is cool which is why I posted it in the first place and the idea of using it to create something like a bicycle is pretty amazing to me.ldrcycles wrote:The phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind, but that's not really what it was about, just showcasing the technology, and the technology is very very cool.
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby bychosis » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:53 am
The first carbon fibre bike were probably pretty ordinary too... This is first generation, and a cool way tonstart
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby skull » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:09 am
Buying shares related to this industry will be a ticket to a printing press of money in your future.
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby rkelsen » Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:45 am
I think you're right.skull wrote:Buying shares related to this industry will be a ticket to a printing press of money in your future.
I hope
The Americans are already calling it a "disruptive technology" and the next "piracy enabler":
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/ ... ver_again_
CAD files could become tomorrow's mp3.
Interesting times!
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby rkelsen » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:20 am
Saw an article today about 3D printing:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57524 ... ter-lease/
Hmmm.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57524 ... ter-lease/
Hmmm.
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Re: Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer
Postby CoffsGal » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:03 pm
Well not really bicycle related, but here is a 3D printer I made earlier this year. I did consider if a bicycle could be printed but could see all sorts of issues using the type of printer I had. There are other 3D printer types that might be better suited to printing bicycles though.
Here is my home made printer printing a small statuette...this print was at .2mm per layer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuSs0ZbNBFY&feature=plcp[/youtube]
A more advanced professional printer printing a roller bearing...
Here is my home made printer printing a small statuette...this print was at .2mm per layer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuSs0ZbNBFY&feature=plcp[/youtube]
A more advanced professional printer printing a roller bearing...
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