3D Print Your Own Car

JellyBean3D personal transport vehicle

Okay, so it barely meets the minimum requirements for a car. Still looks like it could be useful in a village. Makezine has the story.

JellyBean3D car, sliced and diced

When I first looked at it I figured you would need a very large 3D printer to make the pieces, but no, the designer, Gonzalo P. Chomon, cut the large pieces into smaller ones that could be printed on your average home 3D printer. Then the car is assembled by "fusing together lots of small parts using dichloromethane". Wait, what? Dichloro- what? That sounds just a little ominous.

Dichloromethane is an organic solvent and it is ominous if you live in California where every chemical in the world is known to cause cancer. On the other hand, Google tells us:

The main uses of dichloromethane, a halogenated organic solvent, are as a solvent in paint removers, degreasing fluids, aerosol propellants and hair lacquers. It is also used in shoe manufacturing.

and apparently as 'glue' for sticking plastic parts together. Probably want to do that in a well ventilated area, like outside. The stuff will eat your brain.

It takes about 500 hours to print all the pieces, and since you are not always going to be Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes time to collect the finished part and start the next one, it could easily take twice that, which basically means it could easily take you six weeks to print everything. Well, you don't have anything else to do since you are confined to your cell, so get cracking.