If, like I, you've been watching EMW's experiments with 3D printing with great glee then you might find this interesting - a 3D printer that works with ice. No doubt ice sculpturists are going to complain bitterly.
I remember seeing a printer in concept similar to mine and this but the size of a room that used concrete as it's material such that it could print buildings
Submitted by Evilmatt on Wed, 2010-05-05 13:16
Wow, that's a cool idea, a printer of whole fucking buildings!
No it was a japanese bloke that made it but it was similar to that
Submitted by Evilmatt on Wed, 2010-05-05 15:09
Looking at the results I would say they would need to improve the clarity of the print to win out ice sculpting which is usually done with specially made blocks of ice made so they are crystal clear.
The also mention pykreate the material made of ice and sawdust and suggested in Project Habakkuk to make destroyers out of back in ww2 when metals were in short supply. Mythbusters tested this out and made a boat substituting newspaper for sawdust due to increased strength and it worked after a fashion it worked as a boat for quite a while but still melted.
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I remember seeing a printer in concept similar to mine and this but the size of a room that used concrete as it's material such that it could print buildings
Wow, that's a cool idea, a printer of whole fucking buildings!
I think I saw that article as well...was it this one?
http://io9.com/5521031/3d-printer-to-build-moon-bases
No it was a japanese bloke that made it but it was similar to that
Looking at the results I would say they would need to improve the clarity of the print to win out ice sculpting which is usually done with specially made blocks of ice made so they are crystal clear.
The also mention pykreate the material made of ice and sawdust and suggested in Project Habakkuk to make destroyers out of back in ww2 when metals were in short supply. Mythbusters tested this out and made a boat substituting newspaper for sawdust due to increased strength and it worked after a fashion it worked as a boat for quite a while but still melted.