Can samurai swords be made from 3-d printing?

420er

Just read a couple of articles about 3-d printing, thanks to that guy who printed out a plastic gun...just trying to imagine how 3-d printing can change our lives, and was imagining how it could be used, and in the course of such thinking, this question occurred. Is it possible to print out a strong, capable samurai sword with 3-d printing? If so, then I imagine 3-d printing can be used to make just about anything from any raw source material...which would change our lives in ways we can't even imagine today...we'll be living like gods where we can make anything at whim...

(I'm gonna repost this in other categories cuz I don't know a good match for this question.)
hey dragon, what show was that? I was imagining buying one regular 3-d printer that's on the market today and making bigger parts to make a bigger 3-d printer and keep making them bigger and bigger until I could build my own glider or car, etc., but a house?!? Wow! I wanna see that!

Answer
There was a show on about that, being the good and bad of 3D printers,
So it is not good that rich can afford to make and print there own weapons,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/3d-printer-gun-has-been-fired

So you could eventually make a pseudo sword, and it may cut some things less durable than the plastic, but not other steel, also in pieces, or require larger printer, these tools are meant for smaller items at this time,

Zcorp 3D Printers
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx
NextEngine 3D Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/
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I don't know the name of the career I want to pursue or if it exists?

Hannah Wil

I'm 17 years old and am going down the route of design. My main interest is design in the film industry. The job that I would love to do is to design animated characters, settings etc. but I've been told that to do this, I should study animation. Animation is NOT what I want to do, I don't want to animate, I want to purely design with a team of people. Is this a specific job in the film industry (designing characters) or do I have to study animation and other things as well? It may sound naive but I really need to know if the job alone exists and if it does, the title, in order to pursue it further. Please help me! If you know, a thorough answer or link to a description of the job would be great.
Thank you.

Answer
it sounds like you want to create or design, the characters or props for animated scenarios, not sure if you meant actual design as in muppets or animatronics, or mechanical engineering of robots,

Henson foundation classes
http://www.hensonfoundation.org/index.php/puppet-happenings/professional-classes

The Character Shop
http://www.character-shop.com/index.html

BA (Honours) in Model Making, Design and Digital Effects
http://www.iadt.ie/en/ProspectiveStudents/FacultiesCourses/FacultyofFilmArtCreativeTechnologies/ModelMakingDesignandDigitalEffectsBAHonours/
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or digital design and rendering, then sent to modeling to produce and animate by others,

Geomagic Freeform Plus
http://geomagic.com/en/products/freeform-plus/overview
Autodesk Maya
http://usa.autodesk.com/maya/

3D Printers and Rapid Prototyping | 3D Systems
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx
NextEngine 3D Laser Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/


Bachelor of Design
http://www.sheridancollege.ca/academics/programs-and-courses/bachelor-of-design
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