On: 600 Watt, 3d-printed, Halbach Array, Brushless DC Electric Motor [video]

[crwalker]

I've never understood reprap's cult-like fascination with self-reproducing 3D printers. This is such an absurdly impossible goal that it's more of a category error than a current technological limitation: 3D printers are not organisms with ancestors, they are manufacturing tools. The things that CNC mills, injection molds, and 3D printers are made of are very different than the things they make.

[Frenchgeek → crwalker]

Well, aiming for the possible isn't as much fun as the impossible.

Also the results are less interesting, usually...