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Only $10 for all 2024 SX, MX, and SMX series (regularly $30).
It's great for making parts that are no longer made, but otherwise it has no place in moto besides designing the bike.
The Shop
You will no longer buy things, you'll buy a file, and print from that file at home. then, assholes will upload the file to the internet where you can download a pirated version.
it's coming. won't affect everything, but you can kiss the injection molded plastic industry goodbye virtually overnight.
Its great for making stuff that looks like what you want, but at the minute, thats about it. Great for making stuff that people design , that you cant actually machine, but the validation procedure eats up any (it there is any ) cost saving.
Hugely cost prohibitive, apart from mocking stuff up in plastic to use till the metal stuff turns up.
A CNC machine is not 3D printing. Not ever.
Have you watched plastic injection moulding machines ?? Absolutely foolproof, high volume, low unit cost,
3D plastic printing is slower , less structurally sound, and requires full CAD facilities to even do the simplest thing.
We have guys dicking about printing stuff in plastic that takes 3 hours to print that i can buy for £5 on ebay.
Injection moulding is going nowhere.
When 3D printing becomes more feasible to the average consumer...break-break..... (This means when Autocaad isn't required, and a home printing system is available...and it will be...)
Structurally sound is a moot point. I'm talking about all those injection molded plastic toys that may cost 5 bucks, but they cost about 50 cents when you have a printer, printing material, and a free cad file you downloaded. I'm not talking about load-bearing technological marvels here. I'm talking about cheap plastic Chinese shit, purchased off the shelf. It's going to disappear. Toys. That stylish trash can in your bathroom.
You dont think thats going to happen ?
For low volume prototype stuff , its golden, to allow you to mock stuff up, had a full MotoGp engine printed so we could get the chassis done.. think that was £20k
Pit Row
I would not expect any F1 team to print anything metal , and put it on the car at the track, the quality procedures simply dont allow it , its one thing crack testing existing parts in the back of a truck , but having portable Xray kit .. not likely.
I have known race engineers not fit parts because they didnt like the way they looked, despite being completely to spec and still having less than half-life on them
https://youtu.be/DKWRHYTNU4o
Gotta love that first comment, "Make ti bolts." Out of plastic? haha
If I had one I'd definitely make one of those Cycra style front brake cable guides.
Bikes are just a hobby, my trade Quality Engineering, which means i check the stuff that all these new processes produce.. so i know what can be done , and what will be done in the future.
My current project is a high end additive manufacturing one, that is being used to develop the machines that will be used to print the parts that industry is waiting for.
Once you have printed them , they have to be HIP'ed to remove any voids , and then , depending on material , heat treated too,
After that they need to be xray'ed to ensure there are no voids left .. then you measure them .
All of this is huge $$$ ..
https://youtu.be/zApmGFDA6ow
just using a little makerbot 2, nothing crazy. the SLA stuff is insanely nice but price per prototype part is about like 5x +
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