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My local Microcenter started carrying 3D printing stuff in the store:

http://www.microcenter.com/search/searc ... cro-Center

That's some pricy ink but damn I'd love to have one of those.

Eraser wrote:It's all plastic eh. I wonder if you can create a working gun out of that.

Called it in 2012, bitches!

Strong prediction there Nostradamus, a month after a company had already announced plans to do exactly that.

Stop shattering my dreams

Giant 3D printers remind me of futuristic RTS games. Those developers were visionaries!

or: the current engineers played RTS games as kids.

yeah you could build a barracks, train some hoplites then TAKE OVER THE WORLD

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/09/epso ... -ces-2014/

There's money in them there printers. As in printing replacement production line parts.

I'll show you guys some pics of what we've been printing for Star Wars when it's out. This tech is really exciting, I still don't own one but it's only a matter of time.

you of all people , I'd imagine your studio would already have a pretty impressive one. I'm somewhat surprised

phantasmagoria wrote:I'll show you guys some pics of what we've been printing for Star Wars when it's out. This tech is really exciting, I still don't own one but it's only a matter of time.

i didn't realise you could print lens flare

Tsakali wrote:you of all people , I'd imagine your studio would already have a pretty impressive one. I'm somewhat surprised

The thing with all burgeoning tech is that it's pretty much out of date the day it's released and 3D printing no different (even more so at the moment). There are so many different types of machines and methods of printing that it's pointless to buy into a technology now because it may be obsolete next year. Each type has its benefits and flaws (usually sacrificing speed for quality and vica versa) and we're of the opinion for now that it's better to let other people spend £50k on a SLA machine and we just hire its services. I do plan on getting a benchtop one for quick prototypes to test models and show form to designers before it's printed by a bigboy adult machine. I'm just having trouble deciding if it's worth it yet.

oohh very prudent and wise on professional matters ey