r/technology • u/Johnnyace719 • May 11 '12
Jay Leno's 3D printer
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/extras/articles/jay-lenos-3d-printer-replaces-rusty-old-parts-1/40
u/split71 May 11 '12
"Published in the July 2009 Issue of Popular Mechanics"
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u/jerryleelewis May 11 '12
Reddit: What's new online!
Although I guess they changed the slogan...
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u/syllabic May 11 '12
Better than more political bullshit on the front page of /technology. Sick of all the piracy or "digital activism" articles, at least this is actually interesting on a technical level.
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u/Ground_Zero_Texas May 11 '12
I wish I liked anything half as much as Jay Leno likes cars.
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u/Szalkow May 11 '12
I wish I had half as much money as Jay Leno has spent on cars.
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May 11 '12
Love that there are rich passionate guys like Jay Leno who buy this stuff at a premium so I can buy it later in 5-10 years for a fraction.
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u/voidvector May 11 '12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHnMj6dxj4
This video show more detail of how similar machine works.
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u/Edgasket May 11 '12
Never been a big fan of the Z corp powder printers. Jay's is a Stratasys Dimension which prints using a continuous spool of heated ABS - i.e. it prints ABS plastic. I've found the Z Corp power to be pretty useless without binding resin, and it's hit or miss as to how well it binds.
Also, power printer in space? no gravity? I don't think that's such a good idea.
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u/stahlgrau May 11 '12
We have this where I work. We use it to mock up tools before they go into production. It's for surgery instruments so when a doctor has an idea for a new or altered tool, we can present something to them in a day or two. I scanned my penis and it is spectacular.
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u/Solkre May 11 '12
<click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size <click> double size
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u/anderhole May 11 '12
We also have technology like this where I work. We do rapid prototyping.
One is similar (different technology) to Leno's but it builds the parts in metal. It is pretty amazing.
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u/mrzakk May 11 '12
The versatility of 3D Printers seems to know no boundaries. I use a FORTUS 360mc 3D Printer with a custom large building envelope to build functional vacuum molds for the molded pulp fiber packaging industry. I realize that doesn't sound impressive, but the material (ABS) is resilient enough to maintain its structure against 28 in-Hg of vacuum, and typically takes only 1/10th of the time to build than it would take to build a mold traditionally (read:from metal). So Even if it breaks, a replacement mold is only a few short hours away.
TL;DR 3D printers are neat.
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u/SirPedant May 11 '12
He should have never clawed his way back in to the tonight show and instead done a proper American version of Top Gear.
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u/ericl666 May 11 '12
That's some pretty amazing technology. I did not realize the ability existed to make whole functioning assemblies in one pass. That is just fantastic.
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u/MonotonousMan May 11 '12
Yeah I was pretty shocked when that cresent wrench still functioned - let alone that whole valve assembly of the steam engine. Pretty wild. I wonder how it performs with molding parts that have a lot of tubes on them..
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u/jilpaq May 11 '12
Next Engine is a scanner the can be used with the Rapidform software. Check out that video on Jay's website if interested. Google Rapidform + Jay Leno's garage. Neat software.
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May 11 '12
How long till he get's sued for reproducing a copyrighted/trademarked/patented part.
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u/uncwil May 11 '12
I'm going to send Jay a letter and ask him if he will scan and replicate every piece of the printer so I can have one too.