This is TOO COOL!

rambos_ride
rambos_ride Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Hey Jay - I need a new dual-trunk handle for my 49 Commodore!

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/4320759.html

It's amazing technology that is really coming down in price. I thought some might be interested and spark some ideas!

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Now I want to clone my car. :D
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    These technologies have been used in all sorts of industries for about two decades. As was stated on Jay's comments section there are many companies that are in the rapid prototyping and model building business. The aviation industry benefits immeasurably from these capabilities as they can scale parts make working models and identify the flaws and successes without the risks and cost of full scale development. The most interesting part of this technology to me is the medical successes that are coming to fruition due to the ability to quickly model and manufacture elements which are custom tailored to a human. My son is a beneficiary ... last year he lost and eye and today has a prosthetic eye. To make their false eye, the prosthetic technician used an optical scanner to copy his functioning eye. The scan and pictures taken prior to the loss of his eye were used to manufacture a prosthetic eye. This prosthesis is extremely hard to identify as non functional. The time from office visit to fitting the eye prosthesis was four days!

    Great stuff... lots of applications for the thinkers... Dan with your coding skills maybe you could be the next fellow to create the code needed to make exoskeletons for those who can not longer walk?
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    We have been using these machines for quite a few years as you say and they are fantastic. I work in the aerospace business as an engineer and when they brought the first ones in we sat around for months and made model rocket ships. We had a hard time transitioning over to drawing prints and building parts. Once we did there was no limit to what parts you can build. Like Jay reports in his article if you need a small change such as size it is simple to reprogram the computer using cadcam. What I need to do now is find someone who has one, can duplicate one of my door handles and make me one, and do it for less than a thousand bucks...
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Leno said they were scanning a body? I guess to make a plastic buck? I'd like to see more on that.:)

    Cool stuff.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I recently came across two companies that offer services online for custom fabrication from 3d models which are pretty cool: emachineshop.com and shapeways.com (which even prints in stainless steel).
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