Posted on 12/24/2013 10:30:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
“ord has been at the forefront of 3D printing for 25 years and was involved with the invention of 3D printing in the 1980s. In 1988, Ford purchased the third 3D printer ever made”
Thanks.
hasnt al gore taken credit for this yet??
I ca’t get my head around printing things made of metal. Cnc machining, plasma or water cutting sure. Not printing.
Plastic engine covers for hot cars are of the devil. How boring.
Ford F-150, America’s best selling vehicle for almost 30 years...
US researchers share plans for low-cost metal 3D printer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3100941/posts
3D Printing With Metal: Engineers Create DIY Welding 3D Printer For Under $1,500
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3097854/posts
China must hate where this is going
Good.
/johnny
Think...a nano elf welding teeny tiny parts together
Or not.
;>)
I hope Ford can print a section of lower intestine with an orfice large enough to accept their crap. My pride and joy in 2004 F350 4 door 6.0L truck has been a $42000 11 month truck. That is to say it has averaged 30 days a year in the shop at an average cost of $1800 per visit. Never again. Don’t know what the next one will be but it won’t be Ford. This one has been in the shop since August and might come home in time for New Years.
Give me manual windows & no anti lock brakes. I’m tired of paying big bucks to repair elec windows and this absolutely unnecessary, crappy brake system.
Sounds like you need to contact a lawyer about the Lemon Law on your vehicle. Or have you, already?
And soon you’ll get your gubmint-mandated backup camera.
Not gonna happen. Most people want those two things, for whatever reason. The only thing that has gone consistently wrong with my ancient Mercedes has been the electric windows. Haven’t been able to operate the rear ones for years now.
We are coming closer to the day when your kid doesn’t watch a commercial of some cheap toy and screams “Buy me that!”, instead he will say “Let’s download that open-source pattern and make it!”
I’ve driven 6 different F250 4x4s over 200,000 miles each.
Our family currently owns 9 F250s and F350s from an’87 up to a couple of 2013s. I live near where they make Dodge transmissions. Would own one if you gave it to me.
The only one with any major issues was one that an employee got stuck with and gunned the cold engine to about 8000rpm.
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