I've gone off and started making 3D printers out of 3D printed parts and extruded aluminum frame. I have 21 different extruded parts and 7 machined parts (off a CNC sherline and a CNC Taig), a lot of off-the-shelf parts and a few parts I still have to hand-make, but the leap to CNCing those isn't that far.
The ability to try different designs at virtually no cost and iterate your existing designs and have the new part in n hour is incredible. It allows you to come out with the maturity of a future revision from the start, and if your design doesn't work, well, a complete redesign with parts to test is a matter of days. I happen to be making printers, but if i were making windmills I'd still use the same process. If you are a product designer I can't imagine a better tool. Think of it as the ultimate in try before you buy - you don't have to commit anything to injection molding until you've actually held it in your hand. Thanks, DougM On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Drew Rogge <d...@dasrogges.com> wrote: > Very nice Ed. And thanks for including the OpenSCAD source code. Will prove an > interesting read. > > Drew > > On 06/01/2012 04:31 AM, Ed Nisley wrote: >> On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 19:29 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: >>> The thing is, what do you do with these parts? >> >> Some examples of stuff I've designed& build& used... >> >> A case for a GPS+voice amateur radio circuit: >> http://softsolder.com/2012/04/13/wouxun-kg-uv3d-gps-interface-functional-case/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
