3D Printing (NLC)

Fluoxetine · Post by **Fluoxetine** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:33 pm

I took part in a size & shape survey the other week, ran by RGU on behalf of O&G UK - The lad undertaking the 3D scan of me stated that blooming Asda are offering a similar service, and will actually print out a model of you...

I though he was joking, till I spotted this today: http://www.asda-photo.co.uk/about/ThreeD

Strange times we live in...

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:59 pm

Slightly unnerving, that

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:24 am

Oh dear....

What a massive vanity project.... Sure it'll be a massive hit though!

jason · Post by **jason** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:01 pm

An indicator of society's unhealthy obsession with vanity these days? I blame Simon Cowell

I can already visualise the trolleys being wheeled out of ASDA with doppelgangers in them!!!

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:43 pm

Lots of asda Dundee customers look like they've been fashioned from plasticine* already

*lots of it

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:50 pm

Rag_It wrote:Oh dear....

What a massive vanity project.... Sure it'll be a massive hit though!

What are you getting at??? I have had three done of myself (it was hard work holding in my stomach for the scan). Having one fitted as a mascot on the front of the elise

Bit like a spirit of ecstasy, but more like a spirit of vanity.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:59 pm

Dominic wrote:
Rag_It wrote:Oh dear....

What a massive vanity project.... Sure it'll be a massive hit though!
What are you getting at??? I have had three done of myself (it was hard work holding in my stomach for the scan). Having one fitted as a mascot on the front of the elise Bit like a spirit of ecstasy, but more like a spirit of vanity.

so what exactly were you doing whilst modelling for the spirit of ecstasy pose? Feeding the geese?

jason · Post by **jason** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:06 pm

I wanted a personal facsimile of Brussels' Maneken Pis, but ASDA were having none of it and their security threw me out...

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:08 pm

rossybee wrote:
Dominic wrote:
Rag_It wrote:Oh dear....

What a massive vanity project.... Sure it'll be a massive hit though!
What are you getting at??? I have had three done of myself (it was hard work holding in my stomach for the scan). Having one fitted as a mascot on the front of the elise Bit like a spirit of ecstasy, but more like a spirit of vanity.
so what exactly were you doing whilst modelling for the spirit of ecstasy pose? Feeding the geese?

Trying to remove the straight jacket.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:12 pm

Dominic wrote:
rossybee wrote:
Dominic wrote:What are you getting at??? I have had three done of myself (it was hard work holding in my stomach for the scan). Having one fitted as a mascot on the front of the elise Bit like a spirit of ecstasy, but more like a spirit of vanity.
so what exactly were you doing whilst modelling for the spirit of ecstasy pose? Feeding the geese?
Trying to remove the straight jacket.

Is that a euphemism?

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:14 pm

I find Selective laser sintering / melting fascinating and I would love to get my hands on it for commercial applications. First time I saw it was around 98 back when they used to have a Scottish engineering show at the SECC.

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:24 pm

We have a small 3D printer in the office - it's a laser-into-bath-of-gunk type; can go down to 0.025mm layer thickness, though we normally print in 0.1mm for basic modelling. It's quite slow also (can take a couple of hours to print something with 200 layers = 20mm thick).

http://formlabs.com/products/our-printer

I would recommend one to anybody that has a commercial need for 3D printing as it cuts down your R&D costs dramatically.

Cheers,
Robin

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:27 pm

robin wrote:We have a small 3D printer in the office - it's a laser-into-bath-of-gunk type; can go down to 0.025mm layer thickness, though we normally print in 0.1mm for basic modelling. It's quite slow also (can take a couple of hours to print something with 200 layers = 20mm thick).

http://formlabs.com/products/our-printer

I would recommend one to anybody that has a commercial need for 3D printing as it cuts down your R&D costs dramatically.

Cheers,
Robin

Come on then Robin, 'fess up, what have you been making "out of hours" "in your own time" ?

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:25 pm

I haven't printed anything frivolous - somebody printed a butterfly hairclip (that is the test model that comes with the machine) and a hippo or elephant with articulated snout (didn't work due to using the wrong settings).

So far I've printed off a few prototypes and nothing else. I am open to suggestion for sensible things to print, though the materials are quite expensive, so a 1/10th scale model of the Titanic is not on the cards

Cheers,
Robin

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:47 pm

robin wrote:I haven't printed anything frivolous - somebody printed a butterfly hairclip (that is the test model that comes with the machine) and a hippo or elephant with articulated snout (didn't work due to using the wrong settings).

So far I've printed off a few prototypes and nothing else. I am open to suggestion for sensible things to print, though the materials are quite expensive, so a 1/10th scale model of the Titanic is not on the cards

Cheers,
Robin

Robin,

Perfect one would be a smaller size Lotus Elise S1 accelerator pedal. Complete work of art and sure everyone would love one on their desk

Scottish Elises

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