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Author Topic: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.  (Read 4985 times)

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Offline Sly Bob

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It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« on: February 25, 2013, 01:23:02 PM »
It's 20 years from today and that bracket on the front of the engine is broken but no matter how hard you try you can't find one ANYWHERE! Even Dave at DDM doesn't have one...

You could always make one.

Having worked in a foundry I'm very familiar with this process.

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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 01:42:18 PM »
heck in 20 years you'll probably just 3d print the part itself:
Planetary Gears On A Printrbot 3D Printer


or perhaps the whole working engine:
3D Printed Radial Engine Model | Euromold 2012

This is a game-changer - especially given 20 years...
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 01:54:53 PM »
True, but that takes the challenge out of it.   :lol:

The 3D printing is still quite expensive to do yet but in 20 years, yeah. It's not rocket science... Wait!

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=154931531
« Last Edit: February 25, 2013, 02:09:42 PM by Sly Bob »
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2013, 02:25:42 PM »
20 years from now!?!  The meteors will have destroyed the earth.  What me worry?
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2013, 02:30:50 PM »
Maybe the Meteors will be large deposits of unobtanium and then we will have a source for all those hard to find parts.
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2013, 04:07:14 PM »
And DDM will be installing flux capacitors by then!
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2013, 04:28:13 PM »
I'd be very close to death door by then, unavailability of a car part would be the last thing on my mind.
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2013, 06:54:43 PM »
You're not gonna help your son keep it on the road?   :poke:
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2013, 07:30:48 PM »
There would be many things else so much cooler, faster, and scarier by then.

Or, he would probably never have any interest in automotive like now.
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2013, 10:49:45 PM »
At the rate we're going we'll just get in and the car will drive itself. Now THAT'S scary.   :gaah:
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2013, 08:50:30 AM »
Indeed.
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2013, 09:18:13 AM »
Quote from: Sly Bob on February 26, 2013, 10:49:45 PM
At the rate we're going we'll just get in and the car will drive itself. Now THAT'S scary.   :gaah:

sanity slipping,... must - engage - manual - overridel ahhhh
(Just like the cars in "I Robot")

Not that that will ever be a problem with the Sky, presuming I can keep it (& self) around for 20 years, I just won't 'downgrade' it, adding an auto-pilot ;0)
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2013, 12:05:50 PM »
I really want a 3d printer.
Id print model versions of my Sky and make myself into an action figure like they did on the Big Bang Theory
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2013, 12:09:09 PM »
Aren't you already action figure sized?
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2013, 12:36:58 PM »
Tis true, i just need a better costume
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2013, 02:33:34 PM »
Don't let GJ design your costume or you'll end up wearing pink socks and odd stocking caps (toques in Kanadian).
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2013, 02:36:12 PM »
Works great to keep the ears warm.   :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuque
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Re: It's 20 years from now and you can't find a part for the car.
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2013, 02:38:04 PM »
That's a good hat for a bald guy
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