1. the scale on the individual files was way off.

I suspect this has something to do with the printer it was designed for. It seemed very close to being 1 inch = 1 mm. Not a completely uncommon problem. Manually resizing got some files to look right, but I found many simply wouldn’t resize.

2. Almost every single item had errors.

If you’ve done 3d printing, you’ve found that a model can have all kinds of issues that will stop it from printing correctly. I found every single item for the gun had errors. I actually learned a lot about how to repair non-manifold items from this exercise, so it was good in the end.

Some items, like the hammer and the hammer springs simply would not print. I ran them through systems to repair them and fix errors. It would say that everything was fixed, but when I tried to “slice” them for printing, the software would crash. This means that my gun is incomplete. It has no hammer. Not really that big of a deal to me.

Yet another reason why 3D Printing is so amazing. It is going to be as important as printing presses.

I hope 3D printing will passively redistribute wealth the same way the internet redistributed information. We don't see it now, but in a few years to a decade the world will be very different - hopefully for the best!

If it ain't broke...

The final machining is completely automated. Although the rate 3D printing tech is advancing it will probably replace the plug and mold creation like this very soon.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

This is incredible, but you'd have to be a master painter right? Is there a 3-D printer available that could also paint at that level of detail?


3-D printers already work in colour: http://www.shapeways.com/themes/full_color

3D printing has come a long way!

>> ^Sniper007:

>> ^TheSluiceGate:
Science > Prayer.
Where are you Shinyblurry??
(Great sift man. Would promote if I could!)

Yeah, because robot arms are way better than real arms.


That's what God thinks too. That's why He gives members of his beloved creation arthrogryposis, polio, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other such amusements. To show how much He loves us.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

Science > Prayer.
Where are you Shinyblurry??
(Great sift man. Would promote if I could!)

>> ^speechless:

>> ^TheSluiceGate:
Science > Prayer.
Where are you Shinyblurry??
(Great sift man. Would promote if I could!)

Why even bring that into it? FFS can't there just be a beautiful, heart wrenching video with a positive outcome? Wtf? Maybe you should look at yourself and ask why you need to bring hate and religion into a sift that has nothing to do with either.


...maybe because he's gun-shy from all the times SB has done exactly that.

Now 3D-print a queen alien that she can throw out the airlock!

Thanks!

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*promote

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

Science > Prayer.
Where are you Shinyblurry??
(Great sift man. Would promote if I could!)

*promote

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

Science > Prayer.
Where are you Shinyblurry??
(Great sift man. Would promote if I could!)

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

Science > Prayer.
Where are you Shinyblurry??
(Great sift man. Would promote if I could!)


Why even bring that into it? FFS can't there just be a beautiful, heart wrenching video with a positive outcome? Wtf? Maybe you should look at yourself and ask why you need to bring hate and religion into a sift that has nothing to do with either.