Is anyone aware of the application of 3D printing to the creation of kit car bodywork?
I just had a random thought that maybe one day this would happen, or is it happening somewhere already?
I'm sure the tech is out there, but the cost would be ridiculous. Any cheaply/simply available current methods would be far to thick/heavy/weak or all of the above.
well you can make a castle for your back garden...
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-maker-of-this-3d-printed-castle-wants-to-print-you-a-home
though concrete may not be a suitable material for many car parts
There was a post along these lines a few months back.
These is somebody doing it as tiles and sticking them together
I vaguely remember someone 3d printing an Aston Martin DB4, he was looking at a couple of thousand to build it up. It's not bad actually, as long
as you can see past the patchwork quilt effect...
I quite like BMW's GINA concept as an alternative body concept...
[Edited on 1/9/14 by Slimy38]
In what material? Metals or composites? The technology is available (we are buying a small device to print carbon fibre) but as others have said, the
cost would be very high.
Are your shapes not doable any other way?
We are using 3d printed parts in areas of high detail on the new Sabre bodywork. The buck is being machined on our CNC router which then indexes a rebate for areas such as headlight recesses, body retaining latches etc, the 3d part then simply drops into it's rebate on the buck.
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Originally posted by twybrow
In what material? Metals or composites? The technology is available (we are buying a small device to print carbon fibre) but as others have said, the cost would be very high.
Are your shapes not doable any other way?
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Originally posted by bi22le
There was a post along these lines a few months back.
These is somebody doing it as tiles and sticking them together
