I want one

[Julian]

I am sure we have done these before
http://www.makerbot.com/
but worth another look, awsome

 

[Chas]

Ah yes, but can it make me a new 80 series?

 

[silvercruiser]

Ah yes, but can it make me a new 80 series?

Yeah if you want a plastic one

Joe

 

[Chas]

Ah yes, but can it make me a new 80 series?

Yeah if you want a plastic one Joe

That's OK then, a few bits of wire, springs and an engine transplant and we're on our way

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

They do look like pretty cool gadgets

 

[Crispin]

have a look at reprap. A lot cheaper, all "open source" hardware and software so depending on how you feel, you can either buy all the loose parts or build them yourself.
it's the ugly duckling but was the first "hobby" one out and has a massive following.

 

[spackrackman]

A friend of mine made one and printed off a statue of Liberty. Very cool devices but a little random, when they loose there positioning if only for a second you can end up with some very bizzare creations and then you have to start all over again. The one I played with did not have a very user friendly interface so you have to be a geek to own one.

 

[Andrew Prince]

Jon's next project after he's finished his arduino supercomputer

 

[Cptsideways]

If only I had one 10 years ago!!!!


Brilliant concept, I remember seeing a demo CNC unit about 15 years ago, they were given a task of redisigning & testing K series engine waterworks as Rover realised something was badly crap about them haha.

There is another one, you buy the basic kit & it makes all the other parts you needed to build the bigger full on version