VIDEO: UMaine Unveils World's Largest 3D Printer — And The Patrol Boat It Printed

largest solid 3D-printed object and the largest 3D-printed boat. The boat, called the 3Dirigo, is 25 feet long and weighs 5,000 pounds.Credit Mal Leary / Maine Public

Habid Dagher, the executive director of UMaine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center, says the 3Dirigo dwarfs the next largest printed part. “A 40-pound rowboat on the West Coast of the United States,” Dagher says. “We went from 40 pounds to 5,000 pounds, so hopefully this record will hold for a little while.”

The new 3D printer is designed to print objects as large as 100 feet long, 22 feet wide and 10 feet high, with an eye toward creating a new market for Maine's forest products industry by 3D printing plastics with 50 percent wood. UMaine says the 5,000 pound boat was printed in just 72 hours.

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MainePublic I remember, when I first heard of a 3d printer. I thought this will change the world. Is there some way that a 3dprinter can be used to help temporary housing NYCDHS Ntl_Homeless naehomelessness MAH_Gigs Refugees RefugeesIntl refugeecouncil RefugeeAssist RefugeeAction

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MainePublic Does it float?!

MainePublic This should work for electric cars. Print the car and install the batteries and motors.

MainePublic I liked the deleted tweet with the typo better😀

MainePublic So it is interesting, but we need fewer plastics in the world, not an indiscriminate use of plastics. I prefer a boat made by crafts people out of renewable materials.

MainePublic Has anyone tried out the boat yet?

MainePublic Cool build housing for the homeless from recycled plastic please

MainePublic this is perfect now i can finally print my T-80 battletank I've always wanted

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