Speedy 3D printer creates 285µm Formula-1 speedster

Gus · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:24 am

Is the resolution of this 3D printer good enough for you guys?

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:29 am

Wow 5 meters per second printing speed... And high resolution !! WOW Amazing !! I want shapeways to make it available for 0.1$/cm^3

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:33 am

I have just found this news:
3d-printer-creates-nano-racing-car-in-minutes

Incredible...

oxymoronicuber · **Joined:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:17 pm

No. That's progress - natural development cycle of a new technology...

What would be incredible, is you offering the stickers :shock:

pirsquared · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:45 am

Hah, well said. I wonder how expensive this technology is. I wonder how a macro-scale object would look.

Gus · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:06 am

Ha! I beat you to this story.

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:51 am

Not sure. I can still see the typical stair step effect on the surface.

Brandon may still need to pop this in his tumbler for a bit. Good news is I bet the polishing time would be much shorter. :lol:

Carl

Gus · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:47 am

wwwmwww wrote:

Not sure. I can still see the typical stair step effect on the surface.

Perhaps, but at the same magnification as this I bet the tumbled surface would look like a mountain range! And if this printer made objects at the macro level, I bet the surface finish would look like a mirror.

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:29 am

Gus wrote:

Perhaps, but at the same magnification as this I bet the tumbled surface would look like a mountain range! And if this printer made objects at the macro level, I bet the surface finish would look like a mirror.

You took me far to seriously. I put the :lol:

at the end there for a reason. Put that car in a tumbler and you'd never be able to find it again. And if you did I doubt it would look anything like a car.

Carl

Gus · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:56 am

wwwmwww wrote:

Gus wrote:

Perhaps, but at the same magnification as this I bet the tumbled surface would look like a mountain range! And if this printer made objects at the macro level, I bet the surface finish would look like a mirror.

You took me far to seriously. I put the :lol:

at the end there for a reason. Put that car in a tumbler and you'd never be able to find it again. And if you did I doubt it would look anything like a car.

Of course, no offence intended, it's just that the smiley was quite far away from the first sentence and I didn't connect the two

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

I wonder how strong it is. Maybe someone can persuade them to make the smallest working Cube. That would be a good PR stunt that could make the mainstream news.

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:20 am

wwwmwww wrote:

Put that car in a tumbler and you'd never be able to find it again. And if you did I doubt it would look anything like a car.

Not to mention the tumble 'grit' would probably have to be smoke particles :lol:

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:22 pm

bmenrigh wrote:

wwwmwww wrote:

Put that car in a tumbler and you'd never be able to find it again. And if you did I doubt it would look anything like a car.

Not to mention the tumble 'grit' would probably have to be smoke particles :lol:

Or you could use the 10k grit (diamond powder) i sent you a link to the other day =)

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