3D scanner, this thing is amazing

[Vin-barrett]

Not exactly Porsche content, but this is a very impressive product, sorry if this has been posted already somewhere as I have never seen this before

[cgarr]

That is soooo cool, and the best part they are only going to get better and cheaper! I hope I live another 50 years!

[DRACO A5OG]

Oh my, the possiblities!

New Engine O2 Sensor Connector Harnes for 3.2's???

[Racerbvd]

I saw one of those at SEMA a few years ago, very cool to see.

[kodioneill]

reverse engineering / manufacturing.

[bourgeois911]

Years ago I saw a demo of a "3D fax machine" for lack of a better definition at a tool shop. It was a 3D scanner on one end and about a 3 gallon bottle of some type of polymer on the other. There were a series of lasers on the receiving end that "created" the 3D copies by somehow congealing the polymer solution into the original shape.

[RWebb]

So, you could buy the scanner part and send the info to a service bureau for getting the piece fabbed.

Then you have a plastic part.

How would you get a low strength casting made of metal?

And, what if you need a forging?

[boba]

Originally Posted by RWebb

So, you could buy the scanner part and send the info to a service bureau for getting the piece fabbed.

Then you have a plastic part.

How would you get a low strength casting made of metal?

And, what if you need a forging?

I think this is still a commercial product, with the exception of those with Jay's resources/needs. It works if you already have a machine shop, foundry, or are a toolmaker.

It will make it easier to make NLA parts but it will not be easy nor inexpensive for short runs/one offs.

Here are photos of my copy of the plastic wrench, it is cool.

[Cory M]

Originally Posted by RWebb

So, you could buy the scanner part and send the info to a service bureau for getting the piece fabbed.

Then you have a plastic part.

How would you get a low strength casting made of metal?

And, what if you need a forging?

you can make an investment casting directly from the rapid prototype

[Cory M]

We have a couple 3D scanners at my work, and a rapid prototype machine

The scanner is used mostly for inspection of complicated parts and it is awesome, the accuracy is +/-.0005. We have software to compare the scanned part to the nominall model, it is certainly a lot nicer than reading a CMM report!

[kodioneill]

someone should fabricate a l/s chain wheel support !!!

[Ritzblitz]

God I hate reading CMM reports!

That's a very cool machine though.

[Rich76_911s]

Originally Posted by kodioneill

someone should fabricate a l/s chain wheel support !!!

What is a l/s chain wheel support?

[m110]

Technology like this is used in Orthopaedic surgery to make a model of a broken pelvis before surgery and then custom bend plates onto the plastic model before the patient is on the table. I've seen a glass statue replicated with this technology and it was very impressive.

[RSTarga]

the F1 teams have been using these things for a while. From CAD straight thru to a 3d lathe.

[the]

Very cool, but the really freaky part is how that wrench can actually work!

Are they saying they just scanned the wrench, without taking it apart at all, ran it through the machine and it spit out a working wrench??? How can that be? The machine is only measuring the dimensions that can be seen externally, how can the internal screw drive on the wrench actually work?

[Dennis Kalma]

I suspect there has to be some sort of identification of which part is separate from the other.....I can't imagine a way for it to self identify......

But then again.....who knows?


Dennis

[kodioneill]

Originally Posted by Rich76_911s

What is a l/s chain wheel support?

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/911M/POR_911M_ENGcam_pg5.htm#

here is the link for a l/s chain support

[boba]

Originally Posted by the

Very cool, but the really freaky part is how that wrench can actually work!

Are they saying they just scanned the wrench, without taking it apart at all, ran it through the machine and it spit out a working wrench??? How can that be? The machine is only measuring the dimensions that can be seen externally, how can the internal screw drive on the wrench actually work?

I do not have the technical background to answer all the questions, but I have watched it work and have a laymans understanding.

If you think of it as a color printer where the negative space is one color and the positive space is a second color. The image is layered down one thin layer at a time building up to the final thickness. The negative space color is soluble in a solution and melts away leaving the moving parts free to operate.

[old man neri]

I think the wrench was essentially a 3D software model (or scanned as individual parts and assembled on a CAD package) and then sent off to the printer.