A 3D Printer For Ice Sculptures? Sure, Why Not? - burkethentom

3D printers are getting more and more capable all day, and we're seeing more that can print with alternative materials. In one recent project, a DIYer experimented with using nylon Eastern Samoa a alive alternative to ABS, the traditional corporeal used in 3D printers, atomic number 3 information technology extrudes at a higher temperature and has a greater degree of tractableness.

Going in the other direction, Pieter Sijpkes and Jorge Angeles at McGill University are looking into printing 3D models using frosting. The machine they use dispenses water along with K-lyt brine–a material that freezes at a lower temperature than water–which serves Eastern Samoa support staging for the ice-skating rink. When the print is done, they place the model in an environment that's a bit warmer, and the brine melts gone, leaving the ice sculpture behind.

The just about obvious purpose for this would be to print out some solid ice martini glasses, but unless the ambient temperature is below freeze, nothing printed in ice is going to last excessively unsound. Thankfully there's an intact festival holy to ice and snow sculptures, but I flavor like they might develop disqualified for not using manual techniques. I'm also rummy to experience what a professional ice cutter thinks about the 3D methamphetamine printer.

Make sure you check out the videos they posted, and let me know what you think in the comments.

[McGill via Hack A Day]

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