Hans Fouche 3D printed this lawn mower in just 9 hours on his super fast Cheetah 3D printer. It also only required $13.00 in raw materials. The printer will be available soon for just over $10,000. Read and see more on this at: http://3dprint.com/34873/3d-printed-lawn-mower/
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2021-10-12
Nice try
Many people say 3d printing is only suitable for 1 off prototype
things, because it is so slow….I agree, but what if….. you can make it 8 times faster….?
But that can not be done?
Well, it have been done….!!!
Look at the videos over at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fouche-Chocolates/217306118448036
Is that the same Fouche?
O, yes, it is!
And that machine have been running for 19 years now………!!!!
3D Printed chocolates have been done for 19 yeas..!!!!
So printing 8 lawnmowers at the same time?
Not to laugh at any more!
Hans Fouche
That's awesome! How well would it hold up to constant use?
Some people are worried that a piece of the solid one piece blade will break lose, and penetrate right through the ABS shield……. (Do the know how thick the shield is?) If that is a problem, the shield can be made double , or triple, its thickness with a small mod in the CAD file, and the next one printed, will be so much stronger!
So easy to do….
Plastic decks usually have a metal band around the inside to prevent rocks, debris, and broken pieces of blade going through. It is just a piece of sheet bent into a circle and welded into a ring. Men like us NEED welders!
Incredible!
Hi Julia, This is just prototype number 2….. I agree, prototype 3, and production model 4 , 5 and 6 six will be a lot better! This prototype will be tested, until it breaks….then a new better one will be designed and printed…and so on, until it breaks no more!!! With this type of design-manufacturing system, this process of development is a lot easier than with conventional methods.
I have made some honeycomb panels with this printer before, and you WILL se them in later versions. Look at my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/fouche3dprinting
This is really cool, now if you could print the person that has to push it. LOL
A couple of questions though, why such a heavy frame and not more of a web structure. Same for the wheels and wider, like the Mar’s Curiosity.
Less material which would speed printing. I guess what I’m asking is why follow the traditional mower.