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This isn't the type of wheels that I like, but it's pretty impressive. I've been doing all of the 3D printing at the GE plant where I work, and I also work with titanium, so I can understand how the process works to make something like this. GE is very big in 3D printing jet engine parts, which could eventually eliminate most of my job as a toolmaker. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/h...eels-concepts/
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We've come a long way since SLA! It's crazy what's being done with this technology now. I was in it since 1992 until I retired a year ago doing plastic packaging.
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How 3D printers are transforming flying

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This isn't the type of wheels that I like, but it's pretty impressive. I've been doing all of the 3D printing at the GE plant where I work, and I also work with titanium, so I can understand how the process works to make something like this. GE is very big in 3D printing jet engine parts, which could eventually eliminate most of my job as a toolmaker. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/h...eels-concepts/
Those wheels would look killer on my '74 Mini.
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All the libraries here in the towns around me have 3D printers today.Once I create the file & submit it to them,they charge 5¢ per gram.It's amazing what those things can create,as I've made numerous objects from a slot car body to an actual car part.Easier,cheaper and better then buying repro.
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Getting the part oriented correctly and building support under overhanging areas is the tricky part. We have a new $160,000 machine at work that hasn't been installed yet. I've got to start training on it in January. I'm anxious to see what it can do. It's amazing what these things can do. They can make parts that are pretty much impossible to make with a mill or lathe, or even casting.
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All the libraries here in the towns around me have 3D printers today.Once I create the file & submit it to them,they charge 5¢ per gram.It's amazing what those things can create,as I've made numerous objects from a slot car body to an actual car part.Easier,cheaper and better then buying repro.
Can you print me a few dozen AR10 lowers?
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.....and something very simple...the ash tray pull handle for the '69 chevelle with 8-track.
I just wish I had one to copy.
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