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bhikkhu

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7. I don't think they use molds at all in the 3d printing

Reply to tclambert (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 10:44 PM

Aug 2014

so it would be a matter of the stiffness of the mix, and going 1/4 inch at a time. I imagine anything horizontal wouldn't work so well without supports, but those could be added manually during the process. Definitely possible, though it would make for a less automated construction.

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Man 3-D Prints Backyard Castle, Plans Two-Story House Next (xpost from GD) [View all] KamaAina Aug 2014 OP

It's a great castle, can't wait to see the house. hardcover Aug 2014 #1

Doing a picture window or a garage door might be problems. tclambert Aug 2014 #2

That's alwasy been a problem with concrete bhikkhu Aug 2014 #4

Typically you need scaffolding to hold up arches and horizontal stretches until the concrete hardens tclambert Aug 2014 #6

I don't think they use molds at all in the 3d printing bhikkhu Aug 2014 #7

Too cool packman Aug 2014 #3

I see the real problem jmowreader Aug 2014 #5

Does it include rebar in it or is that not needed for large structures? cstanleytech Aug 2014 #8

Castle is beautiful. oldandhappy Aug 2014 #9

Very cool. 3rdwaydem Aug 2014 #10

What happens to these structures in an earthquake? pnwmom Aug 2014 #11

The same things that happens to other concrete buildings Thor_MN Sep 2014 #12

Scale ratio? OxQQme Sep 2014 #13