Journal #8477

Is that a 3D printing machine? I'm so envious right now xD.

boner inbound that thing looks SMEXY

3D print Pengy chan, so we can have TWHL 4 already

It's got to be a cool feeling knowing you can make pretty much whatever you want... Please blog/journal about your prints!

Correction: you can print anything you want...as long as it's plastic and doesn't have very high detail

Still cool though!

Yea there are some limitations. The first thing I'm making is actually a cast for concrete though. Gotta think outside the box.

Some 3D printers do have a pretty high resolution.

kill it before it breeds!

I'd pay for you to print me out some stuff!

Let me know what you have in mind. Small models might be ok, but this 5"x5"x.5" model I printed took me four hours.

First model, of course I brought it to work to show off. This is the bottom portion of the mold.

Wait, you can't print pizza or cake?! TAKE IT BACK ;P

Cool idea making molds with this, nice first print!

It would be fun to make custom action figures like you were saying, and then add articulation and paint afterwards.. Would you be able to make weapons and accessories for 4" GI JOE figures, or would those be way too small? On the big side i would probably try to make a helmet/mask, even if you had to do it in stages..

Nice mouse btw, I have the same one in my laptop bag.. And don't think we didn't notice those nasty chew cans: BAD ZEEBA! BAD ZEEBA IS A BAD ZEEBA! =PP

Hahaha

What exactly needs that shape in concrete?

It's a secwet :o. You'll see in the near future.

OMG HE'S MAKING A MAP

Er, in real life.

So not really a map.

If I had a 3D printer probably the first thing I would do would be to try and export Half-Life models to a format that could be 3D printed, and then print them off and try to paint them. Maybe even try and find a way to export level geometry from some iconic scenes from HL and make a diorama.

^--- Like! That's a terrific idea!

I just successfully printed my first cast after trial and error.

Now to get the concrete ready.

I have too many inventions just sitting in 3d modeling programs to print anything else right now. But I'm sure i'll get around to it. All you have to do is open a model in 3DS max or I think even sketchup has a plugin for it to export as a stl. file.

Down the road when I get all of my stuff out of the way, I just might take some requests.

could it be a clay pigeon mold?

Holy shietZ!

It's architecture related.

Here's what i'm currently printing.

Is it a fish with odd legaments?

Is that a fishing lure? If I were you I would do some strength testing of that design before using it. It looks like it bridges the gap between two lengths of line and plastics shaped by 3D printing are supposed to be weaker than moulded plastics. So if something with any weight is being supported by it, it might break.

I'll have to test it and find out

Oh neat, nice work!

See if I were to say, send an Autodesk Inventory file your way, would it be possible to print it?

Yea! I'm willing to take small requests.

What sort of file format is preferable zeebz?

obj. file is fine. As long as I can open it in 3DS and export it as a STL.