THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING! ( Boat Building Section)
THE STAR TREK REPLICATOR AKA 3 D PRINTER
We have been slowly building on line shops at the bottom of certain special interest sections like BOAT BUILDING, SAILING, DIVING, and FISHING where visitors can shop for useful items used in these activities on line. We were looking in the boat modeling tools for sale via Amazon for items to feature in our on line shop when we came across this game changer. Its called a 3 D printer, this is a small, inexpensive, simple one that model makers would be interested in. You program in what you want and this one converts that reel of plastic string (any color you want) and prints out a 3 dimensional model of the object desired to the scale you specify. It will make as many as you want. So if you are a model ship builder you can use it to produce small pieces like anchors, port holes, winches, deck fittings, or it will simply build a model for you to paint. Is this starting to sound like the Star Trek Replicator? Well hang on because this little model
building system is just the tip of the Ice Burg. When we followed the link into Amazon's tool section we found that you can buy on line and at surprisingly affordable prices much larger and more complex "3 D printers" and they aren't limited to building in plastic. We did a little on line research and found out just how far along this technology is.
One investment site we checked advertised stock in one of the manufacturers of 3D printers with a banner that read something like......"its over China", meaning that the big central factory system that China has built its' economy on is already obsolete. The 3D printer will bring manufacturing in close to markets , more over it can better handle short runs and special orders and "just in time delivery" that is becoming part of modern retail management dogma. Most revolutionary , there is no waste material. Modern manufacturing is reductive; slag heaps and piles of raw material waste are expected by products of production. 3D printing wastes nothing, building from the basic atom up, there is no need for piles or stacks of material. Powders and spools of filaments are the raw materials and only exactly enough to print exactly what you want are utilized. There are no left overs or waste material.
This technology will revolutionize ship building, repair, and eventually even on board damage control. How complex of a device can the better model 3 D printers handle at this point in their development? According to one source they are revolutionizing antique car restoration. No one makes a carburetor for your Ford Model A, no sweat, any well known part like like that with extensive plans and drawing about can be converted to a program and printed up in 3D complete with all moving parts. The 3D printers keep getting better and the price keeps dropping. 3D printing is truly a game changer that in a few years will change economies. Since the United States has already been through it's "Rust Belt" era of the end of conventional manufacturing this American technology will bring a lot of manufacturing back into the United States. It won't bring the employment levels of the 1950s production lines, but it will bring new employment and seriously damage powers like China while having less effect on China's rivals like India which has a more diverse economy with the service sector providing a lot of growth. Our on line shops are located at the bottom of the scroll in the Boat Building, Sailing, Diving and Fishing sections, and are just starting construction ,but even now you never know what you may discover browsing through these places.
CLICK ON ANY OF THE ICONS BELOW TO BROWSE THE 3 D PRINTERS CARRIED BY AMAZON OR TO LOOK OVER A BOOK ON THIS TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A GAME CHANGER THE STAR TREK "REPLICATOR" IS ALMOST A REALITY.
OR READ ABOUT IT
WATCH THESE for a serious idea of far along this is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxjLpu2BvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=FLlJshR6nvg&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2hTE1lOzbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Px6RSL9Ac
This technology will revolutionize ship building, repair, and eventually even on board damage control. How complex of a device can the better model 3 D printers handle at this point in their development? According to one source they are revolutionizing antique car restoration. No one makes a carburetor for your Ford Model A, no sweat, any well known part like like that with extensive plans and drawing about can be converted to a program and printed up in 3D complete with all moving parts. The 3D printers keep getting better and the price keeps dropping. 3D printing is truly a game changer that in a few years will change economies. Since the United States has already been through it's "Rust Belt" era of the end of conventional manufacturing this American technology will bring a lot of manufacturing back into the United States. It won't bring the employment levels of the 1950s production lines, but it will bring new employment and seriously damage powers like China while having less effect on China's rivals like India which has a more diverse economy with the service sector providing a lot of growth. Our on line shops are located at the bottom of the scroll in the Boat Building, Sailing, Diving and Fishing sections, and are just starting construction ,but even now you never know what you may discover browsing through these places.
CLICK ON ANY OF THE ICONS BELOW TO BROWSE THE 3 D PRINTERS CARRIED BY AMAZON OR TO LOOK OVER A BOOK ON THIS TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A GAME CHANGER THE STAR TREK "REPLICATOR" IS ALMOST A REALITY.
OR READ ABOUT IT
WATCH THESE for a serious idea of far along this is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxjLpu2BvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=FLlJshR6nvg&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2hTE1lOzbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Px6RSL9Ac
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