3d printed cars?

[Pickleboy]

Well talk about the future . . . Today! (Sorry I just had to do that)

I guess you don't just need a FDM printer but there are several other types as well.

Guess we now get custom cars built thanks to this 3d technology. I wonder how the current employees at this massive factories will react.

Has anyone heard of this?

Apparently you can use it to make model cars as well like this old classic Porsche:

https://pinshape.com/items/4144-3d-printed-german-sports-car-model

Love to hear from someone who's actually used it to make proper models or model parts.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Love to hear from someone who's actually used it to make proper models or model parts.

The topic has been covered here extensively, and more than one member has already been making high-quality parts...one guy even built his own printers (my66s55 is the member's screen name here).

Try this thread first to get an overview of the technology and how it's been progressing.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/79877-3d-printing-growing-as-we-speak/

Pico Elgin, a member of my club here (ACME) developed the STL files and had this body printed about 5 years back. He was pretty much on the leading edge of the 3D-printing-for-models curve at the time.

Edited September 16, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Pickleboy]

@Ace-Garageguy Thx a lot for the info. I think I just found my new passion. 

Edited November 16, 2017 by Pickleboy

[cobraman]

Golden submarine ???  I love that thing. Wish there was a kit.

[my66s55]

Yes, you can make models in any scale using 3d printing, but I caution anyone wanting to do this at home. Review my 35 La Salle post for valuable info on the right style of printer and see first hand the difference in the right and wrong way to apply this technology. This post was made to inform and educate individuals through my experiences.

[shaunmza]

Yes, you can make models in any scale using 3d printing, but I caution anyone wanting to do this at home. Review my 35 La Salle post for valuable info on the right style of printer and see first hand the difference in the right and wrong way to apply this technology. This post was made to inform and educate individuals through my experiences.

I have tried to search for your post, but came up short.

 

Can you post a link to it please?

[my66s55]

Here it is: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/101922-1935-lasalle-convertible-coupe-3d-printed-at-home-aug-30/

 

[astroracer]

And pay attention to Tom Geiger's post a ways down that thread. Anyone doing this with ANY success has "good" 3D CAD skills. If you can't model the parts in 3D, you are not going to print them out... just sayin...Again...

Mark

Edited September 21, 2016 by astroracer

[Ace-Garageguy]

... Anyone doing this with ANY success has "good" 3D CAD skills. If you can't model the parts in 3D, you are not going to print them out... just sayin...Again...

Mark

Absolutely correct.

BUT...if you're not intimidated by the computer or learning new things, you CAN learn CAD. Google SketchUp is a simplified FREE 3D modeling program that's FREE for you to download and learn FREE. Did I say it's FREE?

It's a perfect introduction to preparing the kinds of drawings that can be converted to doing 3D printing, and everything you will learn in SketchUp will transfer to other CAD programs you might like to get into later.

http://www.sketchup.com/

[my66s55]

Exactly right Bill. Tom's post is flawed in that he states that the 3d files need to be created by professionals. As 3d printing has grown, so has the numbers of self taught 3d cad file creators. It's not some kind of rocket science. It's simply a computer program that is used to create the file through a series of key stroke manipulations. It's taking the time to learn the one's you need. You don't need to lean the whole cad program to create simple parts. There is so much help provided to those who want to use Blender, that you can find how to do a function in a matter of minutes. There are You Tube videos that teach you how to set up background images and what keys stokes are needed create 3d car files. There's even a Blender for dummies book free on line. And speaking of free, Blender is free, plus it is one of the cad programs mentioned by SafeWay. As 3d printers advance and come down in price, more people will become involved. Desktop 3d scanners are making advancement as well. Yes, you still need to know how to repair a scan to print it, but that's not rocket science either.  

Edited September 21, 2016 by my66s55