:woot: Wow!

Probably a bit expensive for RC cars at the moment...but certainly looks like that day isn't quite as far away as I thought :D Loving the look of that :thumbsup:

The one I'm looking at getting does do the parts in layers, but it has a heated base, so keeps the parts at a certain temperature while printing. The parts should be tough enough, as one of the things it does make is bottle openers, which have to be strong enough to actually open bottles.

The part printed in ABS that I'm using now:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7826/spurcover.jpg


I raced once with them and no problem. My friend raced 2 times with a twin part and perfert performance. The cover is 2mm thick.

:thumbsup:

ALM looks great. Looking forward to seeing that being used more mainstream.

Remember it's not just the cost of the machines. The material used is very expensive.

It's definitely the future. Most manufacturers have to have moulds made for each part, then have to make the part, then have it sat in storage taking up space for whoever knows how long. With this, even old cars can have new cars made up, and you can design your own parts for your car, and the cost is generally based on weight of the materials used.