Design your own parts online, have them made in real life….

Brian Ambrozy 26 Aug, 2004 at 10:52pm ET Article published in Tech

CNN.com has a story about emachineshop.com, an online shop that offers free software to design your own custom parts and then have them made.

I can see the start of a trend here. Custom waterblocks, anyone?

Comments

26 Aug 2004 ~ 11:15pm csimon My grant for the 3d printer didn't get accepted. Not to worry ...there are more where that came from! http://www.zcorp.com/
You could make an aluminum case with the punching and bending features.
27 Aug 2004 ~ 11:31am JChretien machine shop? giant custom heatsinks...yummy =DDDDDDD
27 Aug 2004 ~ 6:13pm Komete Man I've played with this thing for atleast 6 hours so far.. Lotta fun but sucks the prices are high untill you order in large quantities.
27 Aug 2004 ~ 6:18pm Geeky1

Komete wrote:

Man I've played with this thing for atleast 6 hours so far.. Lotta fun but sucks the prices are high untill you order in large quantities.

Uh, yeah... what did you expect?
27 Aug 2004 ~ 11:49pm Komete

Uh, yeah... what did you expect?

Now now don't get your panties in a twist.. I wasn't expecting a little Short media fan plate to cost $107.00 bucks. I was thinking more along the lines of 30 to 40.
28 Aug 2004 ~ 12:55am primesuspect You'll have to forgive Geeky1, Komete... He has ass burger syndrome.
28 Aug 2004 ~ 12:58am Geeky1

Komete wrote:

Uh, yeah... what did you expect?

Now now don't get your panties in a twist.. I wasn't expecting a little Short media fan plate to cost $107.00 bucks. I was thinking more along the lines of 30 to 40.

LOL. My grandparents run a machine shop. One off parts are expensive. What machine tool did you tell it to use?
28 Aug 2004 ~ 2:37am Komete That must be awsome with all the creativity you could let out in thier machine shop I used the 3-Axis mill. Right now I'm making a case to see if I can break 10,000.. muhaha

I do have one question. What do they do with all the shavings from the big block of metal? I always wondered if they where recycled or not.
28 Aug 2004 ~ 2:44am Geeky1 they're recycled.

And try running a quote with the water jet and/or the laser I'd guess that both would be cheaper. It'd surprise me if you got a one-off below $50, even then, though.
28 Aug 2004 ~ 4:16am qparadox Don't mind Geeky1, the extreme heat is getting to him
28 Aug 2004 ~ 5:07am Geeky1 jackass.