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[jwalrath]

- What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?
I saw a manual transmission model once that was printed out. Great teaching aid for the kids. I want to design and print one myself.

- If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild!
Circuitry printing is a dream. But I want to do multi-layer boards. Printer would print each board layer and then also print out each trace on each layer. Would also be able to ground planes an so forth. I have even though about an extruder and laser cutter mounted together. Just pie in the sky.

-jeff

[catalyst]

- If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild!
Circuitry printing is a dream. But I want to do multi-layer boards. Printer would print each board layer and then also print out each trace on each layer. Would also be able to ground planes an so forth. I have even though about an extruder and laser cutter mounted together. Just pie in the sky.

-jeff

+1 on this. If we could print inlaid electrical traces with conductive filament, I would have use for this type of device.

[elmuchacho]

- What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?

There is so many to choose from but I will says the MarkForged 3d printer was the most interesting 3D printer I've discovered this year.

- If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild!

Thx I will run wild. If I could build my dream printer it will include Full color and multiple material (single thread carbon and kevlar + flexible, special filament like polycarbonate, Nylon and the usual PLA and ABS) It will also have an enclose temperature controlled build chamber and air filtration systems. The build plate will automaticly being able to remove complete print and start new one.

[mstclair87]

Most interesting thing: taking ultrasound scans and printing human hearts. This can obviate the need for deformed organs to be removed after death, which distresses relatives. It's something that practically could be done in no other way than by 3D printing, so it's interesting from a number of perspectives.

My dream 3D printer: the one I'm waiting for can make objects from multiple materials, should be able to construct very tall objects by climbing on the outside of the object it is making while it is making it. It's not a thing in a box, but more like a robot that carries a 3D print mechanism around and could, say, make a tap by balancing on the edge of the bath and printing the tap on to the end of the pipe. It should also be able to carve, i.e. subtractive forming, perhaps to prepare an area before 3D printing an object there. It should have a creative mode so it could, say, survey a garden before itself deciding how to build a rockery and then building it out of 3D printed cement, with a waterproof material for water-saving areas. Finally, it should be able to print with wet sand so that it can be entered for sandcastle competitions.

[TJHadley]

My entry
the prosthetic leg in an earlier article was the most interesting thing I've seen, and secondly I would like to my artwork in 3d

[Jeffery]

What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?
I have seen a complete planteary gear system printed and then backfilled with bronze.
If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild
I want one printer to print food.
I want a printer to print structrual sections of a house, I would print one each day and build a house!
I would print the perfect, no maintenance, front lawn.

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[jehimes]

What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?

A bit lame I suppose, but it was amazing the first time I printed something I drew. Just a little replacement knob, but it really made the idea come alive that if I could draw it, I could make it.

If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do?
Oh, the list is endless. The big limitation I have with my current printer is that the resolution is not high enough for surface detail and the limitations of the overhangs it can print is quite restrictive.

Better resolution (to support my model train habit), and better support (maybe disolvable?) to make it easier to draw soething that will print successfully. While I am wishing, self leveling would really reduce the setup time.

[catalyst]

- What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?
I have been highly impressed with the use of 3D printing in the medical field. Shortly after I purchased my printer, the viral link about the Dog with 2 3D printed legs were circulating all over my facebook page.

- If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild!
I would like to see a printer that self levels, and is easier for the home consumer to use, and comes with a robust software package. Right now, I think the technology is difficult for the average consumer to just pick up and run with. I think before this can become accepted into the mainstream as more than a device that just prints $100 frogs, cubes, or toys, it needs to actually fill a niche in the home.

[Kendrick]

- What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?

The most interesting thing I saw was a senior project where I went to school where they printed the majority of the components of an autonomous robot car that would lead people around the halls and identify classrooms. Wheels, tires, chassis, servo control arms, holders for the batteries, and a box for the electronics. There were also a multitude of small components. It was my introduction to the possibilities of 3d printing.

- If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild!

I would want to print internal engine components (ICE's) as well as the engine block and head. I like the possibility of making turbine engine components as well. The ability to print in a new medium of exotic metals. This would allow components to be shaped in ways that currently are beyond machining and casting techniques. It would need to be extremely precise (0.0001")

[hland_dv43@att.net]

What is the most interesting thing you have seen done with a 3D printer or 3D printing technology?

As an engineering student, what I loved about 3D printing technology was that it allowed me to make a few medical devices. However, what is extraordinary is the current research to make 3D printed organs.

If you could build your dream 3D printer, what would it include and what would it do? Let your imagination run wild!

My dream 3D printer would be able to print any type of material including metals, thermoplastics, food, and ceramics. This would make DIY projects so much easier!

JuiceD01T