Brain gear machine

[goodfellow1984]

what is it made of?

[Jagatia]

I sell similar ones to this for $850.

Its not commercial, but it has the same quality.

[FizyBros]

Oh My That's Awesome | Totally Awesome Stuff

[mwpuneetg]

what the heck was this and how it works?

[MsAvadaKadavra]

we have one at our school :)

[FeelinGipper]

the most useless thing next to a useless machine

[deltaflier1399]

what does it print?

[ssuuppeerrbbooyy]

this was made with the 3d printer that uses dust and an inkjet cartridge. the machine and dust + binder arent cheap and the finishing process takes a while. the cheaper version is the abs plastic printer. its limited as to what shapes you can print, but the product is a lot stronger.

[eric1cool]

this looks cool

[Makron5]

How much is this printer? 60k?

[aoxilus]

funny how everybody print the same model,

it is like a test part?

[nanashi1o3]

i seen this made with legos its awesome

[TheBuckeyefan12]

it looks like a slaughter machine where you put one of your body parts in it lol, and it destroys you!! lol just joking

[brushbarrisonreel]

I want a large, all-steel version so I can jam my fist into the gears. I want to see the gore!

[eldongb1]

Google 'makerbot' - for well under 5k(probably less than 2) you can print this kind of stuff in abs plastic as long as the parts are of a certain size. Thingiverse has the files of other hobbyists so you can print their designs. These are only needed if you need resolution greater than .0002/.0008 inches

[Edit9D]

My school has one of those, their soo cool! they make made some jets and wrenches with them but it costed $30K

[MrGodkid]

this is more like it, at last youtube is addressing what actually works, as opposed to what people think works, as far as they are concerned. Progress

[zombiemom42]

is there a place i can buy the already printed gear thing, i really want to see how the meterials feel

[stonethorns]

Ok, to everyone claiming that you can build or buy this printer (or any rapid prototyping device, for that matter) for anywhere from $200 to $15000; I bought one and ran a RP company for over a year. It was well over $15k - closer to $60k after delivery, as a matter of fact. Additionally, this is a professional, industrial device that prints with incredible precision and 24-bit color gradients. Every RP device has intended uses, and additionally I offer that you get what you pay for. Thanks!

[ZechsMerquise73]

@stonethorns I'd say the regular commercial printers of this size go for around the 9-15k range. And even if someone built a similar machine that spreads the material and injects superglue, you'd still need to have the 3d scanning and interpretation to the printer. I'm sure that would take some masterful coding to up with from scratch. Even to integrate an existing 3D scanning and imaging program would be a huge chore, I would imagine.

[stonethorns]

@ZechsMerquise73 You may say that, but you'd be wrong. You cannot derive the size of the printer from the object I demo in this video. Yes, those are my hands, and that is my printer.

Additionally, this is not a materials deposition printer (it doesn't "spread material" or "inject superglue"). It is an additive process, but it's not what you're thinking. Check out zcorp.com if you want to know more.

[ZechsMerquise73]

@stonethorns All the printers from Zcorp I've seen use a poly vinyl carbonate powder with a printer-head that a printer head to injects a hardening agent (IE, superglue) into the material. The formed object sinks lower into the material, a second head sweeps the surface layer to smooth or spread the material. Yes, I knew what type of printer you were using, because this style of braingear is what they use to demo their printers.

[ZechsMerquise73]

@ZechsMerquise73 -1 "a printer head"

[stonethorns]

@ZechsMerquise73 You're mistaken. The print heads spray, inkjet-style, a light bonding agent that basically keeps the product from disintegrating instantly. I believe the "superglue" you refer to is cyanoacrylate, which is used to finish the object and grant it amazing durability. However, that's done by hand after curing.

This particular printer is quite large and able to print objects of theoretically boundless size. ZCorp does offer lesser printers with fewer features and lower costs.

[ZechsMerquise73]

@stonethorns The 'light bonding agent' is the 'superglue'. I'm not talking about what they use to finish the object. Inject/apply/spray/baste/lamin­ate, can you think of any more synonyms for what a printer head does? Obviously it doesn't use needles or whatever you thought I meant by 'inject'. Check the first definition for 'inject' in the American Heritage dictionary. I've heard people who build the machines refer to the bonding agent as 'superglue'. Not sure if actual superglue is used f both.

[toddcasse]

@stonethorns God dammit, it's like listening to Sheldon and Leonard arguing with half the brains and none of the humor.

[berlandelk]

I call bullshit

[Mapiemma]

- How many layer it 'll take to finished the model over range of  20 cubicle cm's? !!

[shizlnit]

I jizzed so hard to this vid. so hot

[thatisme80]

This IS something

[TheSuckerOfTheWorld]

I know 3D printers for merly 200$.

And you can print your 3D-printer with it (except for curcuitboards).

RepRap-printers can reproduce themselves exponentially :)

[grinsimitation]

@TheSuckerOfTheWorld

So i'm actually in the process of building a Reprap (Mendel, to be precise) and even though it probably is the most affordeabel printer out there right now, a full set of parts still runs at about 700€. That's about 1000$.

And besides cirucuit boards, you need all kinds of "vitamins", that is metal parts for the extruder, belts, bearings, screws, nuts, threaded and smooth rod, wires and some precision cut wood / acrylic / sheet metal parts.

[stock9291]

it's called rapid prototyping...

[PowerSports420]

Thumbs Up for using a 3D printer!!!

[cheetawolf]

i dont get it

[cornboy3]

No assembly possible :P

[doman30]

wszystko fajnie ale po co to jest?

[joancodinajoies]

Hi, I'd like to make smth similtar to this in Barcelona, Does anyone knows about a company able to do this?

Thanks

[LemmeDriveYourCar]

@joancodinajoies

zcorp.com

[Northcoda]

neat

[nickdesterke]

Da Vinci's concept...

[GoldenSockPuppet]

3D printer kit, $950.

at makerbot dot com

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

@GoldenSockPuppet I would wager that MakerBot's extrusion freeform fabrication process would not be able to construct something like this, unless it's able to print in mid-air.

[fiftypoints]

@FluffyBunniesOnFire Correct. Extrusion printers cannot print overhanging parts without the use of supports which must be cut or dissolved after printing.

[Stopusingoil]

lies

[eltranced]

seriously wtf if it can do this... then what cant it do ? seriously?

[juujoo200]

@eltranced well basically it can do anything. The more expensive models can even make stuff out of metal. There are some 3d-printers which can make bloodveins out of cells!

[anonymouslogon6]

This is awesome! Is this the final "no assembly required" product and it came out of the printer this way? I want to print a prototype using this method, but there is an internal part within that will need to move within a cylinder.

[alexandermcalpine]

Can you post the cad drawings?

Amazing!

[rerere284]

no more plastic things having line down them because they have to be made in two peices! horah!

[scottintrabartolo]

Cool

[Xerock]

that is too damn cool.

[EasternCalifornia]

I'm a Mechanical Engineer, thanks for making me think about this all day

[LockINC]

funny.. its REALLY fun to think about.

[Lucien86]

@EasternCalifornia - Yeah if you are an engineer or scientist or inventor this is so cool its almost torture. Ever since I first heard about them I've wanted to try building a working mechanical computer - maybe in a few years. :)

[falconkick54]

What 3d printer and how much?...........I know ,if you have to ask you cant afford it. Just curious.

[jetsam50000]

Got about 10,000 bucks?

[Proto3000RP]

expensive.

[acidtoucan]

@jetsam50000 , actually, you can get one for about 7,500 bucks, still alot of money, but it is an amazing machine

[YouGuysArnt]

@acidtoucan wait, you can get one based on this kind of powder printing for $7500? Or do you mean one of those extruder ones (that couldn't possibly print this).

[Cssfiend]

@acidtoucan costs a fair bit more to replace the 'ink' in those things aswell though

[Proto3000RP]

is it something you want to get into?

[LuciusMare]

No assembly requried? How come that the gears are all different colors?

(cool,anyway)

[shawbros]

paint

[FlyByPC]

It's not assembled -- it's actually printed that way. (Look at the structure -- it's a single piece.) The gears are in different colors to demonstrate that the printer can do different color parts of a single piece (which not all 3D printers can do).

[hicubecars]

its called ink

[PengunaFilms]

That's f*cking insane!

I'm getting a 3D printer at our school!!!

[recon1283]

its 14,900 dollars for printer

[MichaelArronBerger]

@recon1283 not if you make it! :D

[franczyk94]

@recon1283 thats not including the 70 dollar "ink" cartridge that was used making this

[averyaccordion]

@franczyk94 it is actually a powder that is compacted. to make ball bearings inside an axle all at once that is 5 inches by 5 inches, it is 1 doller 74 cents, and about 20 minutes to make. The biggest cost is printer. You just habve a google sketchup model, import it to the cad, and print through sczi or usb

[slackbheep]

@recon1283 There are other cheaper options available luckily, My roommate and I are seriously considering forgoing our dinner table for a little while for room to setup a Makerbot, an open source slightly smaller extrusion based model, which can be had for a little under a tenth of the price.

[stonethorns]

@recon1283 You're off by ~40,000 ;)

[mow4cash]

@stonethorns That's dirt cheap. I thought this would be in the 100 mils

[MastaSquidge]

@stonethorns not entirely, you can get a cheaper, non color version with high resolution for that price.

[Lufty25]

@stonethorns Nope the uprinter is only 14,900

[SilentStrikeMTA]

@Lufty25 But this thing has been made with a ZPrinter 650 too (They're showing it in their vid too), which costs around 59.000 dollars. The cheaper, smaller 450 is 40.000 dollars and able to make this model too, and might be used to make the model in this vid as stonethorns says 40.000 dollars.

[dandeentremont]

@stonethorns Wow, we get $25,100 for buying this printer?? I admit I don't fully understand that business model, but that's fine by me :)

[IzaFaqat]

@stonethorns u got ripped off then

[FilmSnapper]

@stonethorns No, you are wrong. Stop pretending you aren't. An HP Designjet 3D printer Costs $15,000.

[kepochi1]

@stonethorns

there is a new 3D printer that is being released that only costs about 50 bucks

[deminisher98]

doesnt it get powder somewhat all over the place?

[patpat122]

no its actualy cheap to print these things

[1zacster]

ok then about 150$ for it and 5 bucks to download lego digital desightnr and buy a creation...

[patpat122]

no it cost about 7 dollars to print this out of a 3-d printer and only takes about an hour and a half to complete

[leokuan]

that is if you already have that $30,000 - $50,000 printer already in your shop/garage.

[patpat122]

or go to ur nearest rapid prototype shop like eiger labs witch is in my home town

[mm315855]

That is true. My grandfather worked as head engineer for a anonymous customer (not saying his/her name for privacy reasons) and I got to use the 3DPM as often as I wanted. I created some of the specialty parts for the LEGO company.

[C94B]

thats f*cking easy to understand, so what BRAIN gear?

[MrMarsBar13]

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[nbaietti]

im sorry, whats the concept of this? obviously looks cool, but it´s a display of... uh, what??

[blackzak007]

wake up dumb ass. it was produced from polymer powder in a 3d printer from a CAD drawing. why are you even looking at this video? These have been around since the 70's and available since 1984. I used one in 1986 when I was fourteen, in England, at BP's advanced materials division. C'mon man are you living in the 60's?

get the net, live in the now! ha ha

[akabeats]

First of all, the patent for production was not issued until 1996, at which time I highly doubt a 14 year old was operating experimental equipment in BP's advanced lab unless it was part of a school field trip.

[akabeats]

Edit - 1986

[blackzak007]

Ah I see you caught that

[blackzak007]

your facts are askew but that happens a lot in the US. it was 1986 and well done on figuring out that I was using equipment at BP's Advanced Materials Division in Avon UK. At age 14. I had a work permit to be there under the supervision of my father, the chief composite process engineer. I graduated grammar school in England by 14 and was well on my way to my Engineering Masters Degree at Cardiff by 17. So yeah I got to play with 3D polymer modeler as a child or 3PM as we called it.

[mgtrowe]

and now you enjoy pastimes such as arguing on youtube. *clap* ....*clap*

[blackzak007]

Yeah. True that.

I guess youre not the first to notice.

Its true. The increase in responsibility in my life as a child, left little time for the natural (or usual) maturing process -that most westerners undergo during prepubescent and teen years.

Its a commonly recorded mental state, among gifted individuals, whose skills are recognized during their youthsimply put (in lame-os terms) I never grew up! Too busy. So now Im going through it in my 30s

It sux balls!

-Whats your excuse?

[mgtrowe]

I don't have an excuse, i'm a teenager doing "chemistry revision" which involves a sizable amount of browsing youtube and facebook :)

[blackzak007]

Oh, I see. As it should be...

browse on.

Tho your profile does say you're 27.

Lying then or lying now?

The question disingenuousness always poses.

Haha

JK

[PhotosByStephan]

@blackzak007 This sounds reasonable, particularly for Cardiff. If this had occurred in 1886, he would be off with his father to work in the coal mine.

[bradondood]

~~~~~~~~~~COOL!!!~~~~~~~~~

[Danny7930]

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[onjoFilms]

I used to have one of those. Cost's about $1200 to $2000 to print out retail. Mine was a sales sample.

[walikai]

lol wat

[onjoFilms]

A Brain gear.

[walikai]

No, Dumbass, I was commenting on the price.

[onjoFilms]

Gotcha, Dumbass.

[walikai]

. :P  .

[Fractangle]

That's incredible. Especially how the gears turn with what seems like very little friction!

[stardust4ever]

That is freaking awesome, dude - I love how the different gears are different colors and how each single part interlocks with no welds :)