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Offline Rasputin

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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #40 on: November 20, 2012, 01:04:22 »
This is very high tech playmobil part. I really like the results and your designs of the helmets. Some are more artistic than toy like but they all look uniquely great. So you have a set of commands for a printer that spits these out? In theory couldn't people send each other custom designed parts?
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #41 on: November 20, 2012, 13:10:08 »
In theory couldn't people send each other custom designed parts?

I can't understand your question, Ras. Do you mean the actual resin casts or the hard plastic prints? Or just the files?
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #42 on: November 20, 2012, 14:47:44 »
Quote from: cowabounga on November 20, 2012, 13:10:08
In theory couldn't people send each other custom designed parts?

I can't understand your question, Ras. Do you mean the actual resin casts or the hard plastic prints? Or just the files?

Well  I guess it depends on whether or not people have access to the same printer. I was thinking about the file which has the commands for the particular custom part.  In the future maybe Geobra could send us rare parts via an email, then we go to a printer store and print out our parts. This technology really opens up possibilities
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #43 on: November 20, 2012, 15:19:03 »
It would be awesome if we didn't depend on their (lack of) willingness to provide parts... Of course, though they don't want to sell them to you, I bet they'd make a fuss if someone else would...

Anyways.. looking forward to a "workable" helmet... Didn't quite understand what went wrong with that one...

Hint hint hint. ;)
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #44 on: November 20, 2012, 15:26:10 »
Quote from: cheng on November 19, 2012, 13:49:32
Arnaud, maybe they dont use rivets...joints between 2 thin flat sheets could have been made by crimping(?) one edge around the other and leaving the 'roll' on the underside...so all we see from the top could just be a clean 'meeting' line folded downwards. so a shallow line is fine but it might weaken the pvc jingasa...anyway geobra might not bother to cast the joint so maybe you dont even want to have the line lest it looks more un-playmolike :P
jpeg or jpg files would be the more versatile as an attachment anywhere.
would you use PVC strips like me to simulate the chin-tie?

They also could have welded it.
In Europe by this time they had welding processes that leave the finished product with no seam what-so-ever.
I am sure they could have done the same in Japan, and it would have made the helmets stronger.

Hey Arnaud, if making a belt is hard, could making a belt clip be easier?
You could probably make a belt clip to hold Samurai swords without needing to make a whole belt.
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #45 on: November 20, 2012, 17:05:36 »
Check this out, watch till 4:45 and beyond

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9770565.stm
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #46 on: November 21, 2012, 03:17:22 »
Playmobil is shown in that video as an example regarding quality & copyright issues...

When you're making your own designs, there still is the problem of the material the prints are made out and how strong/resistant they are. Most 3D-printed items today are made of layers of compressed plastic powders.

And when materials get more diverse and stronger (and they do, I've seen a vid about a working M-16 assault rifle being printed), I'm not so sure if it would be remain much fun if you can make ALL the (fake) Playmobil you dream off (already no longer a need for a PCC to get exclusive sets; someone scans a set and everyone prints his/her own ''Albrecht Dürer'' ;D ) or ANYTHING else you'd like to have at home or at your local printshop. When you think about the longer term, without regulations the effects of such developments could become devastating...
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #47 on: November 21, 2012, 03:24:47 »
Thanks Ras!
very very clear now and this opens up huge possibilties like Arnaud says and I'm sure we have loads of parts we wish Arnaud can make ;)

and WoT, until someone finds historical records to say most jingasa were rivoted or crimped or welded, maybe Arnaud might just leave a line or even none ;D

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on November 20, 2012, 15:26:10
...if making a belt is hard, could making a belt clip be easier?
You could probably make a belt clip to hold Samurai swords without needing to make a whole belt.

great sugestion WoT! now I'm wondering if a clip can be made for swords, worn horizontal at waist-level, at the side or behind! :)
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #48 on: November 21, 2012, 03:31:43 »
I agree with you Hadoque, besides the legal implications, it will definitely take out the fun of searching, trading, cutting, sanding etc...so I better keep customising and enjoy this as long as I can until my grandchildren asks to copy my customs ;)
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Re: 3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!
« Reply #49 on: November 21, 2012, 04:33:54 »
Quote from: cheng on November 21, 2012, 03:24:47
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great sugestion WoT! now I'm wondering if a clip can be made for swords, worn horizontal at waist-level, at the side or behind! :)

Well I know earlier period Samurai (1200s-1500s) had a ring attachment to their belts which would hold their sword. They could be easy to replicate in a way that would make carrying the sword in the Samurai fashion quite easy.
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