# "3D printers: Almost mainstream" **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/3d-printers-almost-mainstream/54003 "2012-01-01T23:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/3d-printers-almost-mainstream/54003/1 "2012-01-01T23:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Smith, director of Smith Engineering Gb Ltd., used a CAD program to design a 3D model of the WallRover, a dual-track roving robot with a spinning rotor in the chassis that creates enough suction to hold the device to a wall. ↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222839/3D\_printers\_Almost\_mainstream?taxonomyId=12&pageNumber=1](http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222839/3D_printers_Almost_mainstream?taxonomyId=12&pageNumber=1)) ---
**Author:** ![chads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@chads](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/chads)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/3d-printers-almost-mainstream/54003/2 "2012-01-02T05:38:26Z")
> [@QuietGuy](#): > > ↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222839/3D\_printers\_Almost\_mainstream?taxonomyId=12&pageNumber=1](http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222839/3D_printers_Almost_mainstream?taxonomyId=12&pageNumber=1)) A company I work with has a few of these printers. Actually they have been using them for years to make prototypes. ---
**Author:** ![Butterfly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/butterfly/32/1942_2.png) [@Butterfly](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/3d-printers-almost-mainstream/54003/3 "2012-01-02T19:16:41Z")
> [@chads](#): > > A company I work with has a few of these printers. Actually they have been using them for years to make prototypes. Wow, that’s awesome! I wish I could make something on one, but we dont make physical products at my work. ---
**Author:** ![chads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@chads](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/chads)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/3d-printers-almost-mainstream/54003/4 "2012-01-02T22:51:00Z")
> [@Butterfly](#): > > Wow, that’s awesome! I wish I could make something on one, but we dont make physical products at my work. My contact there made a football trophy for the winner of their fantasy football league. The funny part was it probably cost $100 to print it out when a real trophy would have been much cheaper. Some of the rapid prototyping stuff out there is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/3d-printers-almost-mainstream/54003/5 "2012-01-08T20:41:53Z")
> [@chads](#): > > A company I work with has a few of these printers. Actually they have been using them for years to make prototypes. Reckon those 3D printers are a boon to your company’s R@D department. 🙂 > [@Butterfly](#): > > Wow, that’s awesome! I wish I could make something on one, but we dont make physical products at my work. I would like to make something on one aswell. Like some doorstops and frisbees! 🆒 > [@chads](#): > > My contact there made a football trophy for the winner of their fantasy football league. The funny part was it probably cost $100 to print it out when a real trophy would have been much cheaper. Some of the rapid prototyping stuff out there is pretty cool. I imagine that perhaps the novelty of how that trophy was created may have been worth the price. 🙂