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DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Jul 6, 11:42*am, Smitty Two wrote:
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*"Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote:

If this is real, and it does appear to be,
it will absolutely boggle your mind.

It brings questions to mind like how much does
the equipment cost, how strong is the product,
and how much does a finished product cost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw

Bob-tx

It's real and has been around for a decade or two. Mostly used for
prototyping, as materials are not as strong as real manufacturing
methods, and process is quite slow. Cost of machines varies from 50k to
at 500k or more, I believe, but a decent entry-level machine can be had
for about 100k.

"It's real and has been around for a decade or two."

While 3D printing has indeed been around for a "decade or two" - we
had it at the Kodak Research Labs when I worked there in an earlier
life - the technology to make items with colored moving parts in "one
pass" is not that old.

I can't give you a date, but I'm pretty confident in saying that "3D
colored moving parts printing" not "a decade or two" old.

A minor improvement. The moving part is accomplished by creating
temporary bridges to support it. Color? Add some color to the material.
Again, not a "leaps and bounds" type of thing.