"T i m" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:14:22 -0800 (PST), Adam Aglionby
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Started with a Rep-Rap and a `model` castle

http://www.totalkustom.com/3d-castle-completed.html

Saw that previously.

and is moving forward impressively, actual machine building things rather
than just renderings

http://www.3ders.org/articles/201509...ted-hotel.html

Brilliant, well, unless you are a bricklayer of course.

Having built and run a Cartesian 3d printer I can feel every movement
of that concrete printers motions. In fact it seems quite scene in
comparison with our dinky thing.

Even thought the printer frame has to be pretty strong, rigid and
accurate, it's funny how any slight imperfections are normally ironed
out on the next pass (assuming they matter in the first place).

It constantly amazes me re the uses I hear people putting them to.

A mates daughter makes cakes and (currently) buys (hopes to make for
herself soon) 3d printed shape cutters for all sort of cake occasions.

A mate recently bought some new steel framed chairs for his kitchen
and some of the rubber feet were missing. It took me 5 minutes to
measure and draw on the PC ... and maybe an hour and a half to print,
four new feet that he says work better than the originals.

It still seem weird to be able to think of something, draw and print
it and have it in your hand the same morning (like drilling / cutting
jigs and templates, brackets and the like).

I still remember the old days when I had to go down the cold workshop
and file, drill, saw ... ;-)

How long before you can just print new brat or pet when one gets run over
etc.

Or print a new wife when you've worn the old one out ?