4 AXYZ launches week’s most exciting crowdfunding campaign for its innovative wood printing process.
http://www.top43dprinting.com/4-axyz-hits-indiegogo-with-groundbreaking-wood-3d-print-project/
4 AXYZ launches week's most exciting crowdfunding campaign for its innovative wood printing process.
Much as a I love wood, and furniture, I don’t quite see where the 3D printing bit comes in. 1 Mega-buck is a big ask.
It’s a high price but 3D printing could certainly bring something to the furniture manufacturing process. For one thing, it would make customised furniture far more affordable to the average consumer. Also, CAD could be a very interesting tool for furniture designers.
The campaign description is 95% marketing hype, it needs a strong dose of reality check. No one is paying $6500 for “designer furniture” without even a picture of what they will get! I predict it will be a massive failure. It sounds more like “Hey, did you hear there is a way to get the public to pay for our pet project? Cool, let’s do it!”
People are going to find out the hard way that 3D printing is not the “ground breaking revolution” they think it is.
Well Bob, I can’t say I agree with you but, then again, we can only wait and see. In terms of 3D printing not being a “groundbreaking revolution”… As I’ve said many times before, much of the major, headline-grabbing hype about 3D printing is unwarranted and it will never catch on for manufacturing basic consumer items, or, at least, not before some major improvements are made to the process. For those working in medical applications, prototyping, art and products that require deep personalisation, however, it is becoming a very useful and increasingly popular tool. If 3D printing is indeed a fad, it will fizzle out within the next year or two and you shall be proven correct. I do not believe that will happen, however.
Turns out it is not 3D printed wood at all, that was a misunderstanding. What they call “3D wood” and “3D wood machine” is actually just old fashioned wood and fairly conventional wood working. The “3D” label is pure marketing hype, which seems to have worked.