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nancylebov) wrote2004-09-10 06:46 am
nancylebov) wrote2004-09-10 06:46 am
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Bathsheba.com has mathematics and science-based art--gorgeous stuff. The sculptures are printed!.
Here are the folks who make the system for printing in steel powder, then putting the result in a molten bronze bath to make the result more solid. Unfortunately, I can't find a price, but I gather it's in the range of a high-end home business.
While I'm not exactly in the market myself, I'm intrigued by the way technology has been making it more possible for people to have their own businesses, including bookkeeping software, ebay, embrodery machines, and now this.
To start building a model from my 3D file, the design is built up, one layer at a time, from stainless steel powder held in place by a laser-activated binder. You can see the layering on the finished pieces; each layer is .004" to .007" thick.
Here are the folks who make the system for printing in steel powder, then putting the result in a molten bronze bath to make the result more solid. Unfortunately, I can't find a price, but I gather it's in the range of a high-end home business.
While I'm not exactly in the market myself, I'm intrigued by the way technology has been making it more possible for people to have their own businesses, including bookkeeping software, ebay, embrodery machines, and now this.
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(Anonymous) 2004-09-10 10:04 am (UTC)(link)I work here.
www.zcorp.com
It's a different kind of 3D printing technology, but it's still amazingly cool. (And much, much, faster and cheaper than any of the techniques to print with metal powder.) You can either print a plaster statue, to use directly, or you can print a sort of inside-out model and use it to cast aluminum. Some of the machines will print multi-colored statues, though obviously that's silly if you're just printing a mold for casting. Check it out.