LumenAl
Member
You have to check this out... Seriously...
Jay Leno's Garage
I want one!
All you machinist guys are going to love this!
Jay Leno's Garage
I want one!
All you machinist guys are going to love this!
Coolest thing I've seen in Years!
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tfeverfred
Well-Known Member
I saw that vid a few weeks ago. It must be cool to be loaded and a gear head!
der Spieler
Member
I'm not a great fan of Jay Leno and his alleged auto expertise (he can't know a whole lot about cars if he can't pronounce Porsche) but this video was excellent. I'm impressed. I wish they had mentioned the cost of the printer.
LumenAl
Member
I'm thinking if someone had the scanner capability, you could send the file to a place that had one of those printers to Print out... (man that just sounds weird... print me a part..) In the early days of AutoCAD, very few places could afford a plotter so reprographic houses would plot out people's files... bet same thing happens with this technology...
T-Odd
Member
I know people that own Porsches and don't pronounce it properly. I'm lucky I spent the summer of 1997 in Germany so I actually KNOW how ze Germans pronounce it.
Want to hear funny? Go to Hohenwald, TN and listen to how the residents pronounce the name of their city.
Never thought Leno was particularly funny or even an expert about anything automotive BUT he is a collector and automobile enthusiast. He spends LOTS of money and saves a LOT of stuff and if I were in his shoes with his bank accounts, I'd be doing the same exact thing... but I'd have a MASSIVE model T collection!!!!
T-Odd
Want to hear funny? Go to Hohenwald, TN and listen to how the residents pronounce the name of their city.
Never thought Leno was particularly funny or even an expert about anything automotive BUT he is a collector and automobile enthusiast. He spends LOTS of money and saves a LOT of stuff and if I were in his shoes with his bank accounts, I'd be doing the same exact thing... but I'd have a MASSIVE model T collection!!!!
T-Odd
der Spieler
Member
I wonder how many places there are around the country using this technology that can make parts. I can see possibly needing this service sometime. Like for making a set of gears in an uncommon ratio.
Of course then the question is: "What does it use for a part to scan?" If it is making a ring gear and the old gear is the item to be scanned the old gear is worn and out of tolerance like the geaar Leno talked about in teh video that he had to have made in India. How does it compensate for the wear? The scanner cab only scan what it sees. Splain it to me please.
Of course then the question is: "What does it use for a part to scan?" If it is making a ring gear and the old gear is the item to be scanned the old gear is worn and out of tolerance like the geaar Leno talked about in teh video that he had to have made in India. How does it compensate for the wear? The scanner cab only scan what it sees. Splain it to me please.
der Spieler
Member
They sound like a bunch of unworthy posers to me.T-Odd said:
I was stationed in Germany from 1977 until 1981. I bought a 1978 911 Targa from a co-worker in early 1980. I was educated early about the correct pronunciation when I went in to get it serviced. (I think my decision to buy that car might have led to my wife's decision to divorce me in 1982. The Porsche was the better of the two rides.)
About the question I posed above about scanning old parts and tolerances; I emailed Nextengine and asked them. We'll see if I get an answer.
der Spieler
Member
Todd said:
That was very interesting. It would be fun to have one. I was surprised at how inexpensive they still are.
EX JUNK
Moderator
The mispronunciation of the Porsche name is very common. I have owned two in the past and the mispronunciation really sets me on edge. There is and old joke about a well to do guy employing a homeless guy to paint his PORCH. When he came home the guy had painted his PORSCHE in the driveway. I wish that I could remember the entire joke but that is the punch line of it.
Jim
Jim
Francis Blake
Active Member
That was one of those famous dumb blond jokes.EX JUNK said:
rooster57
Member
That is cool but if the part u need is plastic your done. If you are making a model for the machinest why not just take the original part to him for repop. Mazak tried this in the 90s and ended up scraping the idea. This seems like a cousin of stereolithography. X Y Lazer ,rosen,and Z axis elevator. We use this all the time for mold making and casting. I think they are very clever to call their application machine a printer. I know when he said 3k for the tech he was referring to the software.The scanner and printer would set u back about 4 porches.
Fact is stranger than truth!!!
Fact is stranger than truth!!!
T-Rex
New Member
Years ago when this technology was new it was called "stereolithography" I worked at Hughes Aircraft and we used it for rapid prototyping, and engineering studies , for example if you did a plenum you could run flow studies, etc. One of the main benefits is you can go directly to a casting. We went from CAD to the machine since we were in the development business so I have no experience with scanning.
wrenchbender63
New Member
that is awesome stuff too cool ................
