This Man 3D-Printed a Lamborghini In His Garage With His Son !

a man bought a 3D printer and printed a Lamborghini with his son in their [Music] garage when a few days ago the giant automaker BMW presented to the world its new model of its 3D printable atome concept car a father and a son had already started working on their very own project making a full-sized 3D printed Lamborghini Aventador the duo decided to create the majority of the supercar's parts with small office 3D printers they own and it must be said the results are impressive the father Sterling bakis a physicist decided to turn the ambitious idea of 3D printing a life-sized car in his garage into reality to show his son what technology is capable of this example seems to be one of many that evolved the term of large format 3D printing when it comes to the relationship between car s and 3D printing it's important to highlight that most vehicles have a few if any 3D printed Parts as of today July 12th 2019 the available Technologies are not enough to produce a whole car model however that does not prevent us from saluting the initiatives taken in the industry that enable the development of car production thanks to additive manufacturing many components can be optimized and therefore weigh less thus increasing the vehicle's capabil ities whilst reducing the overall cost as fewer materials are needed in the case of Sterling bis such technological developments have allowed him to own the superar he wished to have without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars the physicist already had a rich history with 3D printing having used several fdm printers before for this project the cr10s CR 105s and QED xpro machines were used Sterling also explains that in total 220 spools of thermoplastic filaments were used to make the entire body pla was used for the body panels due to its good dimensional stability Essa and abs were used for rear light housings and headlights whilst carbon fiber filled nylon was used for interior parts requiring high strength the printing process was by no means executed perfectly from start to finish as about 50 spools were used for several tests and failures in addition to 3D printing the father and son have used other traditional manufacturing processes such as CNC Machining water jet cutting vacuum infusion and carbon fiber encapsulation the physicist said we decided to use Advanced Technologies to build the car however we wanted to use lowcost options this led us to researching different techniques of automobile construction after choosing to use 3D printing for most of the car body we needed solidity very few choices of heat stress resistant materials were compatible with our 3D printers so we turned to encapsulation of 3D printed Parts with carbon fiber Sterling wants to show his large format project to everyone including Local Schools as part of their stem project he hopes to interest children in science technology engineering art and Mathematics and what's better at attracting children's attention than a life siiz partially 3D printed Lamborghini the physicist recalls how ambitious the idea was one year and months ago when he started working on it with his son they spent at least an hour per day whilst over $20,000 were invested in total for the project a relatively low price considering the cheapest version of the official Aventador retails at over $300,000 the physicist concluded by saying that he is not planning on selling the car not to compet with with the car manufacturer Sterling describes his enter a project on his Facebook page Harry it was a gear he had from the age of 12 he played around with 3D printing at work about 7 years ago it took a while to get the 3D printing settings and configuration down beus told all 3 DP earlier this year he added that getting Xander's input was one of the most enjoyable aspects of the build it is a commitment I am trying to get others interested but they will need the passion and a few dollars ultimately I want kids to get interested in stem and this is a great platform for it because of all the disciplines involved in a project like this almost the entire vehicle was designed in the solid works software and came from a printer including headlights body panels and air vents anything that couldn't be 3D printed such as the headlights Backus then found on eBay what do you think of this 3D printed Lamborghini project let us know in a comment below or on our Facebook and Twitter pages don't forget to sign up for our free Weekly Newsletter with all the latest news in 3D printing delivered straight to your inbox