Posted on 12/24/2013 10:30:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Ping
Someday kids will be able to buy that at ToysRUs.
Next Big Thing : Will 3D printing really become a household trend?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4nENtfXQNk
They really wrecked the visuals with some of these sleek side window designs. They forgot what windows were for??
eventually I think it will
Once upon a time they foresaw no use for computers beyond a few applications for a few organizations.
I Worked on some small parts that were "Design Studies" for Ford in the mid 90's from 3D Models we made. Yes it was cheaper and yes overall programs ran in those big numbers they mentioned. My guess is today those overall program dollars are much, much less..
Need a last minute Christmas gift? How about a $12,000 3D printed gun?
I guess it works.
ahh you got the 6’0 power stroke. hope ya got a good paying job.
What’s neat about this tech is that you don’t need an expensive CAD program to use them. Any 3D software will do (Lightwave 3D, Modo, Maya, Max, etc.) as long as there are printer drivers for the software. The rules are that the model has to be sized to a scale the printer can actually handle, and there can’t be any open or overlapping polygons in the model. In other words, the mesh has to be perfectly “clean.”
I think they are confusing rapid prototyping of parts during development.
It is a long road to millions of them coming out the same way they come out of an office copier.
I’m an electrician in the Alberta oil field. It seems most trucks I see are Gmc and Dodge.
Naah. I just suck it up and move out. It is a hundred miles to any where from where we live. I get the truck back this time it is going to sale. Don’t want Dodge or GM for replacement. Perhaps I can find a 1970 International ton and a half truck. Put a pick up box on it and call it good.
Best thing since sliced bread if you own a boat or pull a trailer now and again.
Especially for the hooking up process.
Installed one on my old Dodge Ram, my new F150 came with one, saved me the trouble.
The back proximity sensors ain't bad either.
Should they be government mandated, hell no!
But danged nice to have if you have a use.
Open windows cause drag and impact the MPG.
Agree and no ECM’s just (KISS)keep it simple stupid in CA auto repairs start at $120.00 an hour at a dealer.
Saves a lot of marital distress when hooking up trailers! I bought one from Harbor Freight the second they were in stock 10 years ago.
“Best thing since sliced bread if you own a boat or pull a trailer now and again”=
Blazer or wagon with the rear lowering window and /or drop the tailgate.
Man, oh man, oh man!
Have you ever hit the nail on the head, LOL.
My wife has to be the worst *ground guide* in the world.
Could never figure what the hell she was trying to signal while I was backing up.
Always had to get out of the truck and see the position myself.
When an inch counts, she had me at least a foot off :)
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