I'm going to buy a 3D printer and use it to build a drone.

[leeroysphitz]

That'll show 'em.

[Brother Buzz]

1. We just used off-the-shelf parts

The weed-whacker engine works swell.

[Brigid]

2. And when you get done with that . . .

I want a Mercedes.

[wyldwolf]

3. I'm going to buy a 3D printer and use it to build a 3D printer...

... then take the original one back for a refund.

[al_liberal]

4. LOL! Well done! n/t

[jmowreader]

6. You think you're being funny

Back in The Day, the first tool you put in any machine shop was a Bridgeport Mill. They're still made and they still sell. With one of these, a welder and a hydraulic press, you can do anything you'd want to do in the machinist trade.

Bridgeport claims you can make anything on a Bridgeport Mill, including a Bridgeport Mill...and to prove it, every six months they pick one new mill at random and make another one on it.

The theory you could make a 3d printer with a 3d printer is quite sound.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Once the 3D printers start making 3D printers ON THEIR OWN....

GAME OVER, MAN! GAME OVER!

[KingCharlemagne]

14. DUzy! Sincerest hat tip! - nt

[Initech]

18. Why does this remind me of that Futurama episode?

Where Bender becomes a 3-D printer and prints millions of copies of himself?

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. The very first machine my husband ever worked on was a Bridgeport.

It's nice to know there's a machinist here.

[Turbineguy]

27. I made a

(small) helical gear on one once.

[al_liberal]

15. I have all three in my garage and I thought the post was funny

The post was funny because the poster was going to return the original printer after creating the copy. Get it, the printed printer would theoritaclly be free.

[jmowreader]

17. Theoretically, but they don't exactly give away filament

[al_liberal]

19. No but it's a far cry from

Equating building a Bridgeport with a Bridgeport. The effort required to build a manual milling machine with a manual milling machine doesn't compare to using a computer controlled machine to build a machine.

The comparison is equivalent to using a Bridgeport CONQUEST to build a series 1

[al_liberal]

20. BTW, I'm a third generation gear manufacturing machinist.

Check out B&R and Boxx Gear.

But the original post was damn funny.

[Aerows]

24. You are only as good

as your tools. If your tools can't make tools, replace your tools, and upgrade your tools, you are either using the wrong tools or aren't cut out to be an engineer!

[MannyGoldstein]

12. Search for "reprap" nt

[Donald Ian Rankin]

5. When your grandkids say that in 50 years, no-one will bat an eyelid. N.T.

[leeroysphitz]

16. I'll probably have to 3D print my grandkids

[Warren DeMontague]

8. I'm going to use it to print a 3D model of this years Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover.

It's, like, practically that time of year again, innit?

[Fearless]

11. The cover is already 3-D!

[Warren DeMontague]

21. ***

[NaturalHigh]

25. You hit that one over the fence.

My compliments.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Some kids beat you to it

Weird Science was released in 1985.

[NaturalHigh]

26. Now Warren, you know what kind of chaos is unleashed...

whenever the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is mentioned in GD.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. Nah, I suspect this year all the bad people will just oooogle it over at Discussionist

All the good people will stay here and cluck disapprovingly, as good people are wont to do.

[NaturalHigh]

32. I don't have a Discussionist account...

but I'd rather oogle than cluck. I'm not sure what I should do.

[Warren DeMontague]

35. I do.

I'm not exactly master of disguises. It's pretty obvious who I am over there.

I don't take it terribly seriously. Certainly there is enough noxiousness there, that one could write the whole place off- totally understandable. Still, it is what it is. There is no point in debating certain people on certain topics, but I don't think that all places need to have the tight controls on who can post, and what, that DU does. I'm glad DU is what it is, but that doesn't mean I feel every website for debate or argument or even shit-talking needs to be just like DU.

[msanthrope]

29. Oh Jeebus.....we know it's coming.....nt

[Warren DeMontague]

30. That, and tax time.

Oh, and losing an hour for DST.

So much to look forward to!

[Newest Reality]

10. Here are some

wise guys to help you with that project for duty and humanity:

[kentauros]

22. Hear.

This drone's already built:


http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/indianDroneGenerator.php

[leeroysphitz]

33. Wear?

[kentauros]

34. I didn't know you could wear sound.

[CK_John]

23. A drone right off the shelf is a lot cheaper.

[Jamastiene]

28. I wish I could afford one of those.

I wouldn't build I drone, I don't think. I would concentrate on custom furniture and other useful things around the house.