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I bought one a bit ago and im just waiting for it to show up 
LOL, so far behind the times…
Figured this was a good spot for this:
The Koenigsegg One:1 … uses a new variable geometry turbocharger with something you don’t hear everyday: The internals are 3D printed. That helped them achieve the shape they wanted as well as kept the weight down.
In addition to the internals of the turbocharger, 3D printing is used on the exhaust tip. In fact, this exhaust tip is the largest piece of 3D printed titanium every built. And it takes three whole days to produce. That would be amazingly inefficient for a mass produced car, but it actually works in favor of a bespoke maker like Koenigsegg. Instead of dealing with costly suppliers that are too complex to get just six pieces from, 3D printing lets them control their workflow.
It’s smart.
Sweet…:tup:
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We use a local shop, but there are tons of places online that will do 3D printing with all the different machines, materials, processes, etc.
We get our parts printed on a 3D Printer (Objet) system. We have used their Connex systems before as well and have looked at buying one… but at 270k… I can’t get the head guys to budget it. (2 primary build materials with binary mixing ability to produce numerous other unique materials all printed at the same time (And a 3rd support material that’s water soluble), resolutions less than 0.001").
http://www.stratasys.com/3d-printers/design-series/precision/objet-connex500
I’m jealous of your Objet abilities.
We have a CubeX here, it’s a POS. We are trying to get a Stratasys uPrint SE but we’re waiting on budgets to go through. It’d be nice.
Wow, I never realized 3D printing could be used for metals and other materials besides plastic. That’s awesome.
I use $200,000+ 3D printers everyday for plastics but I would kill for a desktop one from 3D Systems or a Makerbot so I could do stuff at home. Does anyone on here have one of those?
I have 5 makerbots at work. lol.
DO NOT buy a Makerbot.
Total pieces of shit.
Eh, I wouldn’t go that far. They take some tinkering but can make some decent parts out of abs string. Definitely not on the level of a stratasys or the like but they are 1/10-1/100th the price.
True, but I have one at work that has broken 3-4 times and keeps de-laminating layers.
The CubeX is the same thing.
Maybe I’m spoiled by the Dimensions I had at Lancaster and the uPrint I had loaned to us here for a month. I’d find ways of justifying the 28k over spending 2-5k on the lesser printers. Especially for what we are using them for.
28k?!?! Lol. I’ve spent that and more on Objet parts since Jan 1! I’m using this project I’m working on as a basis to do a NPV/ROI calculation for how much we spend on prototype parts, how much time we waste by not having one in house, the market research lost opertunities, etc, etc to justify a Connex 500.
I’ve never had a problem de-laminating layers and I have used all makerbot flavors. You must be either setting them up wrong or using the wrong temps.
“broken” is a fairly broad term. I’ve let an array of 40 parts go over night that came un-stuck from the build platform and ended up melting the whole extruder assembly, was like $250 to fix and we did it to both of our rep 2’s. lol.
You gotta pay to play. Hell the objet 24 I have still has it’s share of problems, but that’s from not using it enough. (We have access to another departments printer that’s bigger and we don’t pay for the resin, lol)
I have an Afinia, it works. The only time I experienced delam was when the base was not secured with screws.
I think I paid $1600 with the 3D show special when I went last summer.
Bump…
I’m looking to make some GoPro mounts and M4 rail accessories (flashlight, canted sights) but don’t want buy something too expensive, or cheap.
Anyone get more into 3D printing since this was last updated?
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What this dude said. He’s gotten some new artillery for printing and is making some exciting moves!
I gots a buddy that works at that bmw place on main street, that got a 3d printer that i think they paid somewhere ~$1 million fer after they “fully optioned” it.