3D printers are what "tools to lift, assemble and slice" specific things are being called. I reckon they're only called "Printers" in the press to make people more amazed than they should be.
They're essentially just machines to make specific things.
[highlight](User was banned for this post ("No debate presented - Read the rules sticky." - Megafan))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=AK'z;37180902]3D printers are what "tools to lift, assemble and slice" specific things are being called. I reckon they're only called "Printers" in the press to make people more amazed than they should be.
They're essentially just machines to make specific things.[/QUOTE]
they really are just a new cnc machine. They pull the same results but do it differently, I don't know whether its more efficient or not.
3D-Printers 'print' files out, then assembles it.
So no, not a gimmick name.
they print things
in 3d
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;37189337]they print things
in 3d[/QUOTE]
therefore
we will call it
a sound modulation aperture
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;37189337]they print things
[/QUOTE]
"print" doesn't mean assemble, slice and lift.
[QUOTE=AK'z;37194008]"print" doesn't mean assemble, slice and lift.[/QUOTE]
but.. it does print it. I don't know what you mean by "assemble, slice and lift" considering every 3D printer I've seen squirts out layer by layer of plastic.
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;37194349]but.. it does print it. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;37194349]squirts out layer by layer of plastic.[/QUOTE]
again... that's not what print means.
[QUOTE=AK'z;37194373]again... that's not what print means.[/QUOTE]
they print plastic on to other pieces of plastic, like ink on paper. the action isn't why they call it a printer, it's because the popularity of the 3d printers came from the small demonstrations of printer sized plastic magical assembly boxes. they sort of resembled printers printing.
I think it's just called a 3D printer because that's easier to say than a 'slicing, lifting, assembling machine' And anyone who apparently gets 'amazed' by the name probably eats glue
[QUOTE=AK'z;37194373]again... that's not what print means.[/QUOTE]
They "print" an object from the computer. Think about it like this, when you print with a normal printer it prints a layer of ink on a piece of paper according to specifications from the computer.
This does essentially the same thing, but based on a 3d model, hence 3d printer.
Small scale 3D printers are essentially CNCs with a plastic extruder for a toolhead. They print 2D layers which accumulate into 3 dimensional objects.
As for large scale 3D printers, it would impossible/time-consuming to have everything "printed" so there could be additional "toolheads" that could do lifting or whatever.
I'm building a 3D printer myself, it'll be used mainly for rapid prototyping. Check out [url]www.mendelmax.com[/url] [url]www.reprap.org[/url] and [url]www.thingiverse.com[/url] for information on how to build your own. (Or purchase one)
I think this all is making more sense to me.
I didn't think they actually moulded plastic.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
