[TheForge] 3D printers

CGRAF adveniam at att.net
Mon May 11 13:38:05 EDT 2015


I was picturing just that, only the trucks are self driven and sent to 
the site by computer.  Flat lot to finished building before the first 
Organic shows up.

Maybe I read too much sci-fi. Then again maybe not.

Mike Graf

On 5/11/2015 12:32 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Imagining the rolling bridge crane rolling down the road to the building site with a whole parade of feedstock trucks following.
> The examples i’ve seen were just extruding concrete mixes, but they could well be laying down insulation inside the walls at the same time.
> Of course it isn’t finished till it’s printed the roof with gutters, solar hot water and photovoltaic panels.
> And NO, it’s not allowed to print the wrought iron fence, gates, etc!!
>
> On May 11, 2015, at 7:05 AM, CGRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:
>
> I have to wonder if these things could be built a movable platform "robots" that would be capable of building something like this as a whole.
> Mike Graf
>
> On 5/10/2015 12:21 PM, wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>> Architects are experimenting with 3D printing of building components and the Chinese have actually 3D printed real buildings:
>> http://www.archdaily.com/591331/chinese-company-creates-the-world-s-tallest-3d-printed-building/
>>
>> Walt Mullett
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