The volume of Planet Earth is 108.321x10^10 km3.. Converted to std meters, that is 1.08321x10^21 m3.
A typical high flow 3d printer hotend (without getting insane) can hit around 25mm3/sec volumetric flow assuming no nozzle or acceleration restrictions. Converted to std meters, that is 2.5x10^-8 m3/sec.
If you ran that hotend continuously with no breaks, it would only take about 4.332x10^28 seconds to print the planet Earth... or 1.374x10^21 (1.4 sextillion!) years!
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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y
The volume of Planet Earth is 108.321x10^10 km3.. Converted to std meters, that is 1.08321x10^21 m3.
A typical high flow 3d printer hotend (without getting insane) can hit around 25mm3/sec volumetric flow assuming no nozzle or acceleration restrictions. Converted to std meters, that is 2.5x10^-8 m3/sec.
If you ran that hotend continuously with no breaks, it would only take about 4.332x10^28 seconds to print the planet Earth... or 1.374x10^21 (1.4 sextillion!) years!
Gentlemen. We're going to need a bigger printer.
falk1856@midwest.social · 9 pts · 1y
Just set it to 5% infill in fast spaghetti mode and we can crank that baby out before the sun goes dark.
WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I mean if you only print the side that is exposed to sun. Keep rotating that baby.
Makeitstop@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
That's why you start by printing more printers.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
A lot of us here aren't actually mortal so that's not a big deal
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah but it's a little hard to power your printer past the heat death of the universe
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
Damn it
TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Every fucking century you just haaave to bring that up, don't you.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Might need to bump up to 0.8mm
OpenStars@discuss.online · 8 pts · 1y
Or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof:-)
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 8 pts · 1y
Archimedes was better known for bath thoughts.
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Lol imagine thinking you would print anything without youtube!
Etterra@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Well unless you like miniatures in which case you're going to need resin
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Actually I printed a few decent ones with my Ender 3. A couple tests on my new A1 came out really nice.