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.