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Buy a Rally Fighter | Local Motors Rally Fighter Announcing the 2013 Rally Fighter Head Turning Rally Fighter design by Sangho Kim, limited to 2,000 carsTubular steel space frame hand built by Local Motors6.2 Liter, V8 Engine, 430 Horsepower, 424 lbft TorqueAutomatic TransmissionFront Suspension: 18” travel, independent double A-armRear Suspension: 20” travel, 4-Link solid axleSolid vinyl wrap And the Local Motors Build Experience 6 days in the Factory constructing your car with a friend and an expert Builder Trainer(Two three day Sessions) (Start on a Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday Return the following Thursday, Friday, Saturday)Local Motors Trainers are with you for every step of the build process, no prior experience requiredBuild space and all toolsCatered Lunch, snacks, drinksTraining on how to drive your Rally Fighter Plus, this All-Inclusive Hospitality Package is complimentary 6 nights stay at a nearby hotel (Fairfield Inn & Suites / Chandler Fashion Center)Airport pick-up and drop-offDaily shuttle services to & from the micro-factory

Portabee GO 3D Printer | Portabee 3D Printer One device, Limitless possibilities Precision steel linear guides and machined aluminium frame combine to form a super robust 3D printing platform. A unique folding mechanism provides ultimate portability. Unlimited potential Manufacture 3D objects directly from your imagination. Unfold & create A personal factory, right on your desk. Folded Dimensions 208 mm x 225 mm x 79 mm Deployed Dimensions 208 mm x 225 mm x 277 mm Technical Specifications Build Volume 120 mm ( X-axis ) x 168 mm ( Y-axis ) x 135 mm ( Z-axis )Technology Fused Filament Fabrication / Thermoplastic ExtrusionRecommended Printing Accuracy settings Wall thickness : 0.48 mm / 480 microns Layer thickness : 0.1 mm / 100 micronsBuild Materials PLA ( polylactic acid ) a biodegradable (and sweet smelling!) System Requirements Windows Vista, Windows® 8, 7 (32 / 64 bit) Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later (Intel processor) Pre-orders are now shipping! Pre-order customers: Please expect further communication soon regarding your shipment.

One-Off Construction Using Fiberglass Over Foam The automotive application of FRP/foam composite was pioneered in the 1970's by the author's former design firm, Quincy-Lynn Enterprises, Inc. We used polyester resin and glass cloth laminations over a core of rigid urethane foam boardstock (fiberglass over foam). Modern variations sometimes use an epoxy resin or vinyl-ester resin and carbon-fiber-cloth over urethane foam, like the composite used to build GM's Ultralite experimental passenger car. Carbon fiber materials are far more costly, and it's questionable as to whether the value matches the extra expense. Despite the strength-to-weight advantage of newer materials, nothing matches the original polyester-resin/glass-cloth/urethane-foam composite for quickly producing a tough, lightweight product at rock-bottom costs. You can use this composite to make virtually anything, from a vehicle body to a boat. A Low-Cost and Forgiving Material Begin by Attaching Plywood Station Formers

Une imprimante 3D haute résolution faite maison Le projet d‘imprimante 3D faite maison de Junior Veloso est vraiment impressionnant. En effet il a réalisé une imprimante 3D haute résolution capable de réaliser des pièces avec une précision de 0.1mm. Le procédé de conception de pièces reste pour autant fabuleux, avec un système à base de projecteur DLP qui projete de la lumière UV sur des fines couches de résine sensible aux ultra-violets (UV). Et oui, les pièces sont donc usinées par le bas, avec des fines couches successives de 0.1mm de hauteur. Il faut quand même compter 8 secondes en moyenne pour pour réaliser chaque couche consécutive, mais cela dépend de la surface. La résolution en Z est donc de 0.1mm mais l’on peut obtenir de meilleur résultats sur les autres axes, grace à la précision du projecteur DLP. Voici 2 exemples de pièces réalisées avec cette machine : Le résultat est vraiment bluffant pour une imprimante 3D faite maison, mais elle dispose d’un inconvénient, c’est le prix de la matière première. source : blog.makerbot.com

No Time for Car Shopping? Click ‘Print’ to Make Your Own - NYTimes.com The sign’s message was clear enough: Please Do Not Touch. For some visitors, however, the temptation was too great. Here at the recent Maker Faire, a traveling festival for technology enthusiasts, people ran their fingers over the car’s ribbed exterior. The bolder ones took a more brazen approach, knocking their fists against the surfaces to see how the material would respond. One eager young boy, all of about three feet tall, went further, licking a front fender to learn how it tasted. This irresistible attraction was a 3-D printed vehicle made by Local Motors, and interest at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens was intense. The process known as 3-D printing has gone through a meteoric rise in popularity in the last five years, spurred by the emergence of low-cost printers and easy-to-use software. “The goal here is to get the number of parts down,” said John B. Mr. “We have said publicly that the price could be $18,000 to $30,000 for the Strati,” Mr.

Building an Ultra Light-Weight Car, Part 1 Lots of people would love to make their own vehicle – especially a light-weight design that requires less power and fuel for the same performance. But it’s a lot harder to do than it sounds! The greatest problem isn’t the mechanicals but instead the bodywork and frame. Designs For the home constructor, there are basically two approaches that can be taken: a frame made from small diameter tubing that’s then (optionally) covered in non-structural body panels, or a monocoque. Despite being an old technique, multi-tubular frames remain very popular for one-offs and even small production runs. Bicycles and other human-powered vehicles (like the air suspension recumbent trike shown here) are also made from steel tubes. However, nearly all production cars are made in a monocoque manner, where the pressed steel (or aluminium) panels are welded together to become both the framework and the body. But whatever approach is taken, there are problems. So is there an answer? Planning and Design Costs

Why Your Next Car Should Be 3D Printed — Backchannel Why Your Next Car Should Be 3D Printed It might be a whole lot greener, and as easy to update as software. Meet the Blade. It goes from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds, boasts 700 horsepower, and has a top speed that is totally illegal. Typical sports car stuff. That’s where the similarities end. The Blade was dreamed up by Kevin Czinger, CEO of Divergent Technologies, a Los Angeles-based automotive startup. It’s easy to see the exhaust belching from a pick-up truck and assume that’s the biggest problem to fix. Electric vehicles can be particularly harmful to manufacture, according to the report, requiring about 20% more energy and emissions than their gasoline-powered counterparts. By the middle of the 21st century, Earth will probably be home to an extra two and a half billion people, and twice as many more road-hogging, carbon-pumping cars. For Kevin Czinger, the path ahead is obvious. Kor had long dreamed of making a hyper-efficient pod-like car called the Urbee.

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