New Recumbent Bike Designs
03-02-13 | 02:45 PM
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New Recumbent Bike Designs
In the past, I've used Fiberglass, to sculpt, and show my Bike Ideas to the general audience...
I predict that the kids today will be using the newfangled "3D Printers", to make their Fairings.
In the interim, I have modeled a new Faired Recumbent Bicycle using nothing but Legos!
If anyone has a Bike made of Legos, please share a photo now.
But please answer this Question:
Do you think the new Three-Dimensional Printers will replace Fiberglass as the prime sculpting media?
03-02-13 | 02:55 PM
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Aren't home versions limited to quite small objects?
03-02-13 | 09:39 PM
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I don't know. It looks like it'll hurt a bunch, especially when you step on it at night on the way to the bathroom.
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03-03-13 | 12:12 PM
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That would be my guess. After all, a standard size printer is limited to 8.5 x 11 inches.
I just had this idea, that, in the future, experimenters will just have a 3D printer produce their fairings, and not need to touch fiberglass.
I have my doubts, but I want to give three-dimensional printers their chance.
Any positive experience with 3D printers?
I just had this idea, that, in the future, experimenters will just have a 3D printer produce their fairings, and not need to touch fiberglass.
I have my doubts, but I want to give three-dimensional printers their chance.
Any positive experience with 3D printers?
03-03-13 | 12:32 PM
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The other problem with hobbyist-grade 3D printers is that they still require a crapton of tinkering to get things right.
And they usually print ABS, when you want something reinforced.
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The best bet is probably a CNC machine to make a mold.
And they usually print ABS, when you want something reinforced.
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The best bet is probably a CNC machine to make a mold.
03-03-13 | 01:20 PM
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Good to know before we get too carried away. But the average consumer doesn't give a darn about "reinforced" he wants a cheap price.
03-05-13 | 04:47 PM
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The Makerbot is pretty much the standard in 3D printing, until you go up to the industrial resin systems that use lasers for large scale prototyping. The Replicator2 (see link) has a 410 cubic inch build volume (roughly 7.5 inch cube), so not very big. But there are still lots of very cool things one could make with it.
03-06-13 | 01:46 PM
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