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DIY 3D Manufacturing from Digital Photos

Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:53:49 +0000

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Original article from: TheKneeslider.com - As technology accelerates, some of the most amazing things are taken in stride as quite normal. Arthur C. Clarke's famous quote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," is still true, but these days it's harder to advance far enough to induce those magical feelings. Design an object and [...]

Metallic Glass – Injection Mold Metal Like Plastic

Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:56:19 +0000

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Original article from: TheKneeslider.com - Metallic glass popped up in the comments following our article about rapid prototyping and I thought I'd look into it since it was new to me and sounded like something quite a few of you would like to know about, too. Things are advancing so fast now, it's hard to [...]

Rapid Prototyping Almost Production Ready

Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:20:19 +0000

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Original article from: TheKneeslider.com - We've talked about rapid prototyping before, 3D printing of intricate parts from various types of plastic or, in some cases, from metal where the durability of the finished product isn't an issue. If only they could print production ready parts for manufactured items the potential of the process would be [...]

Print 3D Engineering Models on Your Desktop – HP Designjet 3D Printer

Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:45:56 +0000

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Original article from: TheKneeslider.com - We're bouncing back and forth between high tech and low tech, from 5 axis milling machines to hands on clay mockups for body kits, today it's back to high tech with this brand new 3D printer for the desktop from HP, the HP Designjet 3D Printer. It's now on sale [...]

5 Axis Milling Machine Demonstrates Capabilities

Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:24:20 +0000

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Original article from: TheKneeslider.com - It's no secret, most of us here love to see high quality machine work and industrial robots are now capable of extreme precision at high speed. Guided by 3D software, (in the example here they're using hyperMILL) they go to work on metal and turn it into whatever design is [...]