**make your own high quality bmw parts**

This is going to be the 2nd Industrial Revolution it's called 3d printing and it has evolved insanely. Watch an episode of Jay Leno's Garage where he makes pre assembled car parts and even engines out of plastic, which can be substituted for metal. Can you imagine making better quality parts then some of our cheap BMW oem parts haha. In the future, these printers will cost the price of our existing home printers!

God bless capitalism and the power of the rational man.

first thing I can think of are window regulators...

yes this is pretty great. i've been following this stuff for a while now. it's becoming very small and very affordable.

^^ this

when i can buy one???

It's on sale already. You can also check out maker bot

Originally Posted by gselsidi

It's on sale already. You can also check out maker bot

they probably cost 10g's. Is there a home/desk version.

Originally Posted by rcsummers

they probably cost 10g's. Is there a home/desk version.

Nope, there are numerous companies working hard to put this technology in your home for less than $1,000.

We've got a smaller one here at work. I designed and made hipster ear plugs for a friend of mine (because Volkswagen)

These have been around for years. The awesomeness about this is if you know CAD (AutoCAD or even better SolidWorks) you can design anything you can think of and print a prototype of it. The drawback is this can only be done in plastic and the printed surface area is not smooth, more like layers. But this is a great way of checking parts before final production!

Originally Posted by kraimer

These have been around for years. The awesomeness about this is if you know CAD (AutoCAD or even better SolidWorks) you can design anything you can think of and print a prototype of it. The drawback is this can only be done in plastic and the printed surface area is not smooth, more like layers. But this is a great way of checking parts before final production!

We must be in about the same line of business...

I think the new ones take other material also like metal glass ect. And yes most of the manufacturers have desktop versions. Hey do you guys want to help me print out a tablet and design a hinge? Lol

http://beta.fool.com/athorburn/2012/...es-stock/3211/

Originally Posted by rcsummers

when i can buy one???

Sorry i had to come back and troll you. "When you learn English"

Thanks for that link of that ipo stock I was looking at the other two companies but the stock price already was up 10x

the quality of the part is going to depend in large part on the quality of the blueprint your printer is working off of. You're not going to suddenly pull a better part out of your ass because you have a 3D printer at home.

Originally Posted by NOVAbimmer

the quality of the part is going to depend in large part on the quality of the blueprint your printer is working off of. You're not going to suddenly pull a better part out of your ass because you have a 3D printer at home.

Yeah clearly but that scanner looks like it gives you a pretty insane blueprint then you can use higher quality materials in the design. If so someone can design a really nice blueprint and sell it for people to print.

Huge companies will be born where they just sell blueprints. Imagine apple just selling you a blueprint and you print out your iPhone. The technology though will have to improve in the next 10yrs which is pleanty of time.

Neat technology. Old news. Has its limitations. Not going to be 3D printing window regulators any time soon.