3D Printing no longer just for Rapid Prototyping

[Bruno]

Lookit wut I done wiff mah computar!

[Don Coyote]

What the hell?

[Bruno]

Stephen Colbert's head on a pipe.

[Don Coyote]

Ok. I see it now. It looked like Colbert slugs for America^TM. What are they made from? Or is that some kind of lacquer giving them that gloss?

[Bruno]

They're glazed earthenware. I made the models from shapeways parts and sculpey, and then made molds from the models.

My kiln is sitting in my back yard under a canopy, wrapped in a tarp. The pipes in this picture are sitting on top of it.

They do look like some kind of slug or something though, don't they? I've been calling them "Flukes".

[Don Coyote]

That's awesome. Wish I had space for a kiln.

[Bruno]

They're hard to find a place for sometimes. When I've lived by myself, I just set it up in the kitchen, but roommates always make me do it outside.

I thought about smuggling it into my third floor apartment at one point last year. Finally decided against it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Those are WONDERFUL!

[Bruno]

Thanks. It seems like I've been working on them forever. I was afraid they were gonna suck.

[Elder Iptuous]

3D 'photobooth' in Harajuku, Japan.  nice little models they spit out.  pricey though.



Also:
Makerbot now has the first 3D printer retail store.  anybody in NYC that could check it out?

[Elder Iptuous]

Hey, now.
3D Printing no longer just for engineers and hackerspaces.
It would seem that 3D printing will be coming to a Staples store near you! awesome...
the Mcor printer they will be using is a paper based 3d printer.  standard 3d printer resolution (50x50x100 um) ,full color (1mil + CMYK) ,pretty decent build area (256 x 169 x 150mm)

it'll be neat to see what happens bringing this to the masses with a big ass company like Staples.

[Ben Shapiro]

Sweet! I can drink all I want and print a new Liver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMx31GnNXY

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

And Buildings:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57565073-76/3d-printer-to-carve-out-worlds-first-full-size-building/

[iSPEAKonlyFORthe23]

such a boner from reading this thread

[Don Coyote]

Hand held 3d pen?

Hand held 3d pen