Screw the machine shop. Transaxle dreaming

[egoman/ Shawn Wedge]

Printing titanium bicycle parts. A Charge Bikes collaboration with EADS on Vimeo
Watch this and see if your gt40 mind doesnt immediately go to thinking about a titanium transaxle case.

 

[René]

wow...
I knew they could print plastic stuff but this is a big step up.

 

[egoman/ Shawn Wedge]

You would have to wonder if aluminum or magnesium is available.

 

[Randy V]

This just totally blew me away...

Amazing!!!

 

[Wally]

This Is Cool Stuff, And from My understanding there lots more on the way. The R&D people are working heavy on this and other technology's like it. Wally

 

[Terry Oxandale]

Awesome. The machine shop of today may see the future that television and radio repair saw 20 years ago.

 

[egoman/ Shawn Wedge]

This technology means that nothing is out of production anymore.

 

[DeLynn]

You would have to wonder if aluminum or magnesium is available.

Almost..

ProMetal RCT Rapid Prototyping and Digital Sand Casting Services - YouTube

:thumbsup:

 

[egoman/ Shawn Wedge]

Almost..

ProMetal RCT Rapid Prototyping and Digital Sand Casting Services - YouTube

:thumbsup:

What are the costs associated with using this technology? Can alex afford it and have his 917 motor authentically reproduced. I remember the owner of a rare hemi cuda describing the feeling of driving a 10 million dollar car as liberating because he knew he couldnt do 10 million dollars damage to it.
Think about it, you need the original #s matching block casting. No problem My casting people will have that at the machine shop monday morning.
I was serious though, there is no more "unavailable" any more.
Really though; Does anyone know the costs associated with these services?

 

[Seymour Snerd]

Does anyone know the costs associated with these services?

I had the elaborate cases for a desk-top machine prototyped in plastic via "stereo lithography," a mature technology, a few years ago. It was thousands of dollars each.

OTOH, today you can buy a machine to do that at home (although probably not for objects that big) with an investment of a couple thousand, so as with a lot of emerging technologies the costs will depend on at which moment you ask.

Here's a place that offers it in plastic: Rapid Prototyping

And at the risk of veering into paddock territory, check out this case:

Home 3D Printing Is Killing The Manufacturing Industry | TechCrunch

IAE this is way off the topic of GT40 drivetrains so I'll stop here.