3d printed Kayak

[TobyCWood]

http://youtu.be/odmFO7pJ-RQ

I love the time lapse stuff. Note the printer design. The bed does x and Y and the nozzle does Z. I wonder if that helps with a fully heated chamber?

A Thing of the week for the 3D Printing Today Podcast, for sure.

[lassi_kinnunen]

they're doing it to keep the extruder parts cool easily, notice the hood.

-lassi

[Matthew Stonebraker]

I can see situations in which it would be useful to 3D print a kayak. Like maybe you want some custom mounts for some specific equipment, or maybe your Mom won't let you order one. But this thing cost WAY more to make than just buying a kayak would. Completely ignoring his custom 3D printer, 26kg of ABS = over $1000 alone. Then when you think that is just the hull with no seat, paddle, ties, etc. I've been in a shitty $400 kayak and a really nice $1200 kayak, and this is a shitty $1200 kayak.

Okay, that aside, I think this is a really cool project, and the final result was very high quality.

[John Steven Jacob]

“But this thing cost WAY more to make than just buying a kayak would.” - You may have a point, but you can also print lots of stuff with that machine. So it’s not only worth one kayak but hundreds or thousands of items. Here are just some of the examples you can create with 3D printer: http://www.3d2print.net/shop/our-customers-cool-prints/cool-print-gallery/

Noong Martes, Marso 25 2014 22:03:38 UTC+8, si Matthew Stonebraker ay sumulat:

[Bill Culverhouse]

I would think on this scale recycled plastic filament would work fine.

Though I doubt that is what they used.

But you could use (and probably would prefer ) a large diameter nozzle 1mm or larger.
Trash and stuff that might be in recycled filament becomes much less an issue.

Might even be a large enough print to make a large extruder system a Good Thing,

ala Dirk van der Kooij's "Endless Chair"

But yes, $1200 in filament, not counting bolting hardware/ silicone and of course hundreds

and hundreds of hours of machine time. This is an expensive kayak.

 

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[Kurt @ VR-FX]

Might have been better to print this thing on that REALLY BIG Printer - the 4x4x4 foot jobby I saw at the 3D Printer Show in NYC in Feb! Agreed - print something like this with a Bigger nozzle. And, if one COULD Use more Recycled plastic - this would be the PERFECT Case to implement more recycling - as I am a Major proponent of that!

But - too bad this Kayak discussion is being proliferated by a Shiller and SPAMmer!

:-(
-K-