I'm sure the tech is out there, but the cost would be ridiculous. Any cheaply/simply available current methods would be far to thick/heavy/weak
or all of the above.
I vaguely remember someone 3d printing an Aston Martin DB4, he was looking at a couple of thousand to build it up. It's not bad actually, as
long as you can see past the patchwork quilt effect...
I quite like BMW's GINA concept as an alternative body concept...
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Building: Built Stuart Taylor Locosaki-12R
posted on 1/9/14 at 05:25 PM
In what material? Metals or composites? The technology is available (we are buying a small device to print carbon fibre) but as others have said, the
cost would be very high.
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Building: westfields, strikers you name it
posted on 1/9/14 at 05:41 PM
We are using 3d printed parts in areas of high detail on the new Sabre bodywork. The buck is being machined on our CNC router which then indexes a
rebate for areas such as headlight recesses, body retaining latches etc, the 3d part then simply drops into it's rebate on the buck.
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Building: running Westfield SEiW with 4AGE 16v
posted on 1/9/14 at 05:56 PM
quote:Originally posted by twybrow
In what material? Metals or composites? The technology is available (we are buying a small device to print carbon fibre) but as others have said, the
cost would be very high.
Are your shapes not doable any other way?
If you are asking me, the OP, then I was just asking a general question without a current requirement.
Basically using it to help create the buck for a mould. His approach is realistic with a small household Additive Manufacture machine (as we are told
to call it nowadays) - the build area on even industrial units tends to be quite small. Pretty cool if you ask me
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
