Full Scale 3D Printed Motorcycle from Inventor

[stoneman127]

That's what I'm talking about. Don't like what the transportation industry creates for the market? Make your own car!!!! or Bike. OUTSTANDING.

[vietduong128]

soon i will buy an amazing 3-D printer. and make cars, and be rich. until i see the cost of the powder of coarse

[BellyFlopping]

It looks expensive. Something that big, printed? That would cost more than 10k...maybe even 20k... Seems pointless.

[gurintto]

Ohh, this makes me think of the velocipede in Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age", which in the story is (like most things) created in a matter compiler.

[EasternMerchant]

Wooohoooo This is the Predecessor to STAR TREK'S FOOD REPLICATOR!

[TheGreenMeanMachine]

Does anyone know what it costs?

[alphasxsignal]

Kurzweil always said tech will advance fast in the next 20 years. Kurzweil should know.

[inagod]

printing atoms one by one,to make say a connecting rod stronger.print a object,but at the same time,arrange the molecules to make it strong or flexible or whatever it is you desire.

[spyderf16]

"You wouldn't download a car". Just wait until 3D printing gets a few more years... then I can.

[scottsh115]

@spyderf16 You should check out the Urbee - a 3D-printed car.

[DGRjarred]

How long did it take to finish this project?

[scottsh115]

@DGRjarred It took about 300 hours.

[iamthefatstig]

Considering we went from The Wright brothers to manned space flight well inside a single generation then this is very exciting. I foresee a hybrid alloy powder in the near future for this that could well be capable of creating usable and reliable pistons/ valves/turbines etc.

Think I'm crazy? We used to watch Star Trek as kids and think personal communicators were the stuff of fantasy. We all now have phones smarter than we are! ha ha. The future is exciting.

[northernsoul44]

@iamthefatstig I think we could see living tissue being used at some point to replace damaged parts.

[iamthefatstig]

@northernsoul44 Fantastic. Can I order a 12" penis now? ha ha

[edesir]

From this vid, I get the impression that the bike is very fragile.

[scottsh115]

@edesir It's moderate. You certainly can't sit on it. You can wheel it around though.

[MaxxMayhem1]

Wow, a really cool looking bike that you can't ride. Don't get me wrong, I think this technology is fantastic, and a precursor to a whole new way of thinking about how we get all the things we need, form socks, to food, to our TVs and cars. But now that you can print a bike that is for display purposes only, is Discovery finely going to give American Chopper the ax?

[Autodesk]

@MaxxMayhem1 I thnk you would only print the bike with the plan of actually building it thereafter. You could use the printed version to see if it fits on a trailer or in a garage or looks appropriate as part of some other situation (like mates well with a car).

[MaxxMayhem1]

@Autodesk We use tape measures for stuff like that. Typically, designers visualize a product in a setting, if they are any good.

[mynameisfaraz95]

Print bike body, add electric motor, some gauges

your COOL ride is ready

[micmoable]

cool motorbike--Bullcrap music with it's negro rapper

[RulerRyze]

@micmoable

***Warning: Here comes the YouTube racist***

[micmoable]

@RulerRyze speak for yourself

[steviegwhizz]

thats just some guys hoisting a plastic motorbike in the air, I wanna see it being made !

[JustinMitchellHicks]

Hope your bike makes it for the show or the *Bike week*

[JustinMitchellHicks]

Is the printed bike body DOT approved or atleast an engineering firm beyond the standards of ISO? I mean have you done any stress tests such as the usual repetitve bumps, abbrasions, crunches, spins, twists, you know a bunch of crunchers for number munchers?

[chantmayer]

a truly masterful mechanic can make ANYTHING drive. all s/he has to do is go print out the parts to replace or make to finish off the piece and make it go VROOOOOMMMMM

[MrKhankaloo]

what is the brand name and model of the printer that printed that?

[SGKlD]

Buy a 3D printer. Print more 3D printers. Sell on eBay. Problem?

[PBKWhatWeDoin]

can they really drive it?

[TropictureBrazil]

Incredible evolution! I'm impressed with the things that you can do with a 3D printer and that video is a great example of that!

By the way: I also loved the song. Can you give me some information about it?

Congratulations!

[wajalama]

LMAO, I can see this happening in the future:

"Dude, I crashed my motorcycle! What do I do?"

"It's alright, we'll just print out another one."

[dblaps]

stupid video, I want to see the thing being built

[rafael44p]

so this means we can make 3D bullets and 3D weapons that work ?

[taufiqsun]

can it be ridden?

[kendigjl]

So when we can formulate the proper chemicals from the materials we find on Mars, all we'll need is a 3D printer and presto - we can start printing whatever we need.

Yeah, the technology is a few years away, but seems plausible.

Maybe the next cold war could result in a grey goo scenario on Mars?

[gameli97]

which printer was used?

Any Clues?

[cappaTONEpuppet]

wow this is like extreme piracy...

[JuliusLiv]

am gona go 3d print my bike right now

[67bandit67]

Funny how all these 3d printers never say how much it costs for supplies. how much would it cost for a hollow human head size?

[liamrocksmysockstm]

can u drive it?



[biztipoff]

@liamrocksmysockstm bikes are ridden not driven

[dudeurugly23]

@biztipoff like dicks

[biztipoff]

@dudeurugly23 You're an ass!!

[SPEKERDUDE]

wow ware do you find a big enough printer to make that

[lesleyhenriquez]

@SPEKERDUDE 10 to 1 they printed the parts and fit them together.

[syszone]

soon engineers will be wearing tie and printing spare parts then working on lathe machines LOL

[mike081283]

make a power wheels plastic bike

[sitwosaints]

Old? I remember being tech impressed by tractors with roofs...

[ponededosa]

3D print my taint. THEN I'll be impressed.

[animagicstudios]

WOW way cool guys!! I want a 3D printer so badly!! Looks awesome!



[wlindenlaub]

That is absolutely amazing! For those of us that can't afford a $24,000.00 printer do you know if any printing places that allow people to use them? If Kinkos got that printer in, I think I'd live there.

[scottsh115]

@wlindenlaub There is a RedEye service that will print your parts for you.

[wlindenlaub]

@scottsh115 Excellent, thank you for the response!

[BirdieMaster1]

@scottsh115 wow that printer is AWESOME ... but does the motorcycle actually WORK ? If it doesn't - oh well it still is a awesome printer

[Nomoreidsleft]

@wlindenlaub There's a company called shapeways. (dot com)

[wtficantgetausername]

@wlindenlaub sure u gitta be good at autoCAD which isnt just like that

[ShawnsterVideos]

@wlindenlaub I agree. Movie production crews are gonna make 3D printers standard in their kit trucks. Imagine actors or grips breaking a prop during filming... so then a Best Boy just prints a new prop rather than going out to buy new. UPMs, Key Grips, and Props are gonna save a bundle on set with 3D printing.

[pavellujardo]

Awesome. But I want to see it being printed!

[WRCreedRS]

But will it blend?

[scottsh115]

@WRCreedRS As BlendTec has shown that most anything will blend, I think it will blend/.

[jawbraeka]

@scottsh115 wouldn't it be awesome if they scanned a blender and made it from plastic that could still blend as awesomely as a real blender

[mahchymk93]

@WRCreedRS dude, i swear to god & i dunno why, but that's the first question that came to my mind when i saw this.

[jaysunb007]

Can this thing print gasoline to ride the printed bike on?

[bodmas101]

@jaysunb007 Can this thing print gasoline to ride the printed bike on? LMAO!!!! X2

[n33oh]

They should've printed the AKIRA BIKE!

[kamilfreeman]

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR

[scottsh115]

@kamilfreeman But if you needed to show a customer a car before you really built it, you could print a car. Actually the Urbee is a 3D printed car - that's how it is manufactured.

[FezzaHD]

does it roll? Could you make a bike?

[scottsh115]

@FezzaHD Yes it rolls, but it's not strong enough to sit on.

[vampyreakura]

@scottsh115 is it possible to make it rideable?

[scottsh115]

@vampyreakura I think if we had printed it a little thicker, it could have been. It's not that far off. It just feels a little shaky. If it were not currently handing from the ceiling, you can push it around though by the handle bars.

[vampyreakura]

@scottsh115 now the real question is. is it possible to put gasoline in it an have it actually run? now that would be incredibly impressive to see.

[scottsh115]

@vampyreakura The Urbee is actually 3D printed. There are 3D printers that use lasers to print objects out of metal. Alas the motorcycle is a plastic prototype that lets a potential customer see what it would look like, see if it fits in his garage, and has the styling he desired - but can't take it for a test drive.

[vampyreakura]

@scottsh115 AH I see. thats awsome. see im actually a graphic designer myself an I work with 3d models also =). so this sparked my interest =)

[Malleberg1]

@vampyreakura Sure! If they had the time to copy all the parts of the engine, so would it be rideable

[ninelivecat]

@scottsh115 You can mix metal into the process and make it stronger. The engine can be printed out as separate parts then assembled .You could print out aircraft and boats too even.

[fr8rbum747]

@scottsh115 Can you imagine the Medical applications. Small bone replacement such as broken foot bones, etc.  The polymer mix need only be made or mixed with another ingredient , perhaps titanium powder or something along these lines. Amazing technology...

[yanabento]

This doesn't show them printing ANYTHING. That plastic motorbike could have been made anywhere by anyone.

[scottsh115]

@yanabento The motorcycle shows a printed result. It's in our Gallery at One Market. You can visit it and touch it. The intent was to show a large scale physical object printed in pieces and assembled. Actually using Autodesk Inventor to export as an STL file can be shown via tutorial videos.

[AakwardAardvark]

ummm does it work?

[scottsh115]

@AakwardAardvark No. But when we first unveiled it on stage at AU one year, we played a motorcycle engine sound. It nwo sits in our gallery. I had one gallery visitor argue with me that it works.

[AakwardAardvark]

@scottsh115 haha ok thanks didnt think so very nice though.

[OccultaMors]

@scottsh115 this is pretty great, I just keep on asking myself tho: how do you print big stuff like the wheels or the seat? As I see every now and then 3D printers with fairly small "printing cells"; or are they printed piece by piece then glued together?

[scottsh115]

@OccultaMors Most objects are printed in one piece - no assembly required. In the case of the motorcycle, it was printed in pieces and assembled; however each wheel was printed as a single piece. The same is true for the seat. Different 3D printers have different maximum sizes. Some have multiple colors. Others work with metal instead of plastic.

[SenorMeetch]

Besides the cost of the printer, how much is this worth in plastic?

[Autodesk]

@SenorMeetch It's not cheap. It gives you are physical prototype in less time than it takes to make, and it's also cheaper than building a real prototype, but my guess is that what you are looking at is about $4,000 worth of plastic.

[MeOnYT]

why does every other vid on youtube have to have stupid irritating music?

[scottsh115]

@MeOnYT Because otherwise they would be eerily silent.

[bishopdante]

@scottsh115

one click and the wish for silence granted

[scottsh115]

@bishopdante True. You do have speaker control on your device.

[DanneskjoldThePirate]

@scottsh115 And Youtube has its own volume control, in case one would want to not listen to the video but would want to listen to something else...

[ShitHappensToThisGuy]

@scottsh115 And the mute button on the video :)

[UnIndio]

@scottsh115 Eerie Silence would be preferable!!!!!

[thatsmrlistersir]

@scottsh115

Silence is golden.

[MeOnYT]

@scottsh115 There is also creativity - in case you are unaware, that means finding (or making) music that fits the vid.

[selftaughtninja]

@MeOnYT Annoying us is pastime enjoyment. Because what they have to show they know your going watch it. Why not troll with some annoying music to make it interesting lol

[zawzero]

@MeOnYT Not every video can have 009 Soundsystem...

[mctwhizz]

@MeOnYT close your eyes and pretend its a porno

[845MX5]

@MeOnYT i find this music to be the least offensive/annoying music in any video on youtube.

[scottsh115]

Due to its size, this was printed in pieces and assembled.

[MrYumcookies]

was this made with little parts and stuck together like airfix? or built as a whole?

[lilalex9]

Looks ok - from a mile away - should've included some close-ups.

[scottsh115]

@lilalex9 Thanks for the suggestion. I will take some. It's in our gallery. I can walk right over.

[scottsh115]

@lilalex9 I added 36 pictures on my Facebook page.

[scottsh115]

@lilalex9 I added some close up pictures to my facebook page.

[kiyotewolf]

Nooo.. not a cheezy drum solo..

[scottsh115]

@kiyotewolf The music was chosen using YouTube audio swap. So we didn't set out to have drim solo music. I just stumbled upon it. It's fun.

[RussNinjaassassin]

why dont make an multi material head for the printer? noone seems to do that xD

[scottsh115]

@RussNinjaassassin In our Gallery at One Market, we have an example of a rubber tire on a plastic wheel that came off the 3d printer as one piece.

[tuseroni]

i wish it worked

"you wouldnt download a car" i wait for the day i can, i just download the model and it prints it off...some assembly required...

[davidthefat]

Now does it support the weight of a fullsized adult? Its like a giant toy

[scottsh115]

@davidthefat It is a functionaly prototype in that it does roll around. You can see the size and check for clearances. You can see how the parts fit together. I don't think it is strong enough for a person to sit on though.

[rock3tcat]

Did you also print the entire engine?

[scottsh115]

@rock3tcat In the case of the motorcycle, we just printed what was visible to someone from any angle - top, bottom, left, right. The wheels do roll. For the aircraft engine, we did print the internal gearing so that the propeller blades actually turn.

[TheShawMaestro]

Was it printed as-is, or were the parts done separately? You'd need a big-ass printer for it all in one go!

[scottsh115]

@TheShawMaestro Though many printed items come out in one shot and are fully functional from the get go, this was done in pieces and assembled like a motorcycle. On Wednesday I will show an aircraft engine done this way.

[snower5554]

lol i would just throw it across the room if people didnt know it was plastic.

[triestoohard1]

The future of manufacturing, people have not yet realized it. We are still developing old technologies like casting; its like trying to improve vacuum tubes to make a faster computer. Good thing we are no longer following that idiotic path.

[jetsam50000]

And yet only a vacuum tube could survive a nuclear war.

[nicholias1]

Wow, I take it the tyres were made with rubberized polymer to make more aesthetic? amazing what you can do with RP/M technology i'm writing a dissertation on the future or desktop manufacturing.

[scottsh115]

Actually the tires were hard plastic - they roll - but much like a child's toy. It would be possible to print parts using different materials though.

[champunito2]

wat printer and software did you use?

[scottsh115]

We used Autodesk Inventor to model the parts and printed using a variety of 3D printing services.

[Edbanana25]

the wheels are made from plastic too?

[scottsh115]

Yes. The whole thing is plastic.

[therieri]

the damn thing looks like it's going to fall apart any minute

[scottsh115]

Actually the damn thing is in the Gallery at One Market Street in San Francisco and is still intact.

[cabbotron]

looks like plastic to me

[scottsh115]

They say if it looks like a duck,walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. Yes it is plastic.

[HIPROCKER]

Your reply is fantastic man ........... lol

[jfmayer]

good reply to a stupid comment

[scottsh115]

I am not sure how much it cost, but it was certainly faster than even what Orange County Chopper could have done. :-)

[andrefantastisk]

Is it made in one peace?

[scottsh115]

No. The parts are printed and then the motorcycle is assembled.

[Stefkesplace]

That's incredible! What's the cost of that?

Would love to have that in my house :)

[scottsh115]

I am not sure how much it costs.