3D Printed Parts

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At SEMA a few years ago, they had a huge 3D printer set up in the lobby. All throughout the show, it was printing a full-size car (albeit a very simple buggy type), and on the last day of the show an electric motor was fitted, and it was driven out.

These people is 3D printing complete rockets!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz165f1g8-E

It's a new world. Just imagine on a bike, the complexity of designing a water cooled engine head, with internal passages, etc. When 3D printing is cost effective, all the moulding complexity won't be needed. And when it's precise enough, most machining won't be needed either!

Huge savings in tooling, material waste, manpower... and much more design freedom.

These people is 3D printing complete rockets!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz165f1g8-E

It's a new world. Just imagine on a bike, the complexity of designing a water cooled engine head, with internal passages, etc. When 3D printing is cost effective, all the moulding complexity won't be needed. And when it's precise enough, most machining won't be needed either!

Huge savings in tooling, material waste, manpower... and much more design freedom.
Sweet, but inevitable.

Won't be long when you go to a website and order up a CB1100 side panel and it is printed and shipped to you. Or, if you have the mechanical recipe, you can print up your own with an acceptable fit.

This really goes for any part where the printing result is at least as durable as the original designed part.