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Something scooped on ENWorld.

I had no idea this was possible, let alone so cheap to get.
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Concept has been around a very long time, but it is nice to think that it might be possible to finally not have to be an industry to produce industrial goods.
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Yeah, I wonder how much the cartridges of "build material" costs?
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Yep, it's been around for some time. In fact there's a group at my university (University of Bath) who work on this technology. The best system I've seen (can't remember the URL now) is a vat of monomer through which two lazers are shone. At the intersection point, polymerisation occurs. This allows for exquisitley fine details to be built up (but slowly). Victrix would be in trouble if it was fast.
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I think I still got some time to sell miniatures before these things put all of minis makers out of business. People still sell gaming books with laser printers out there. I actually have an awesome laser printer that could print out .pdf's but it's really not much cheaper if you include effort.

Neat stuff, though.

Secret Skeleton wrote:
I think I still got some time to sell miniatures before these things put all of minis makers out of business. People still sell gaming books with laser printers out there. I actually have an awesome laser printer that could print out .pdf's but it's really not much cheaper if you include effort.

Neat stuff, though.

But consider that the models are made as a computer model, so any modifications are a a piece of cake (no need to model an entire new master). Also, I imagine flashing would be either nonexistant or minimal and my understanding is that the results can be very finely detailed and would be identical for each product. No need to make new molds, etc. The biggest problems seem to be that the tech isn't fully mature yet and the time it takes to make a model is likely to be relatively long. Still, if the replicators were cheap enough, you just fill a room with them and get them running 24/7.
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That is a really good price. A couple of the mini guys I know of over on Starship Combat News have shelled out 5-10 grand for a home printer. I'm wondering what the layering texture is like with one of these cheaper models and just how fine of detail it can actually do. (I noticed he didn't mention anything about 1/2-inch ship mini's there... ) Still, it is an encouraging sign with that technology to see it really being pursued and improved upon aggressively.
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Pretty cool stuff
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IM GETTING ONE!!!!11!

I knew about this but didn't know it came out of the conceptual into the literal.

WOW.

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I knew about this but didn't know it came out of the conceptual into the literal.

WOW.

Yeah, in the ENWorld thread where I got this from a couple of more cool links about this technology have been added.

really cool looking tech, especially since it look affordable enough to bring into your home/workshop.
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Yeah, these have been around for a while now, but the prices are just starting to come down into an affordable range. There's other types of "fabbers" that can work in other materials like metal or wood.

In 10 or 15 years you might not have to order certain parts for your tractor, you'll just buy the pattern from the manufacturer and load up your fabber or 3D printer with material, push the button and wait a few hours.
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a friend of mine works are Games Workshop and described something similar, They have a machine that uses similar technology to build the initial figure prototype...directly from a 3-D model...very cool stuff
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I want to get one and become Darkman.
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