3D printing - frikkin' magic

[Lotus7]

not car related, but wow:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/994848518808911

[BeerBudgetRacing]

Can't imagine the cost per unit...

But 3D is getting cheaper by the day. What was $3k 5 years ago is $300 today.

You can get a very good carbon fiber imbedded filament printer the less than $1k and the really good stuff is $5k.

Shops are no longer printing prototypes - they print parts.

[Rick Kirchner]

The Navy 3D printed a large unmanned submersible a while back. At Lejeune we had a large format printer that could entrain carbon filament. We used it to print a track bogey for a Norwegian snow combat vehicle.

[xxguitarist]

Even the consumer grade machines allow awesome secondary processes.
Our BM autox car has many composite parts made in/on/over 3d prints off a consumer PLA machine, plus a few that are still as-printed.