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Topic: Printed Concrete Castle

Someone in Minnesota built a concrete printer and has been working on a printed castle playhouse in his backyard as a test before moving on to a printed house.  After a few months, it appears to be finished-

http://www.totalkustom.com/photo.html

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People from Minnesota must be crazy!!!
That's really cool someday I'd like to see it in action.  The concept is awesome but concrete without some kind of reinforcement like rebar is not really that strong.  I'd be curious to see some strength testing results.

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LOL whats next concrete boats ;^P (like Andy Griffith)

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n2ri wrote:

LOL whats next concrete boats ;^P (like Andy Griffith)

Already been done.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Coed_Sprint.jpg

http://www.linskidesign.com/resources/concrete%20canoe%202.jpg.opt638x359o0,0s638x359.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_canoe

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wardjr wrote:

People from Minnesota must be crazy!!!
The concept is awesome but concrete without some kind of reinforcement like rebar is not really that strong.

+1

On top of that, the first few images show signs of significant moire. wink
now that I think of it...these pics look familiar too

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A few of the pictures do show some rebar.

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ggunners wrote:

A few of the pictures do show some rebar.

I'm not seeing it.  I guess I'll have to take a road trip one of these days.

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Why am I now imagining a 10 story tall delta printer? :-).

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I sure hope this guy doesn't want electrical wiring or plumbing in those walls.

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The video shows some rebar laid down between some of the layers.  I imagine plumbing and conduit can be laid in during the print.  More likely though you would just expect to keep that to interior walls.  I imagine it would be similar to when houses are built with concrete block.

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IanJohnson wrote:

The video shows some rebar laid down between some of the layers.  I imagine plumbing and conduit can be laid in during the print.  More likely though you would just expect to keep that to interior walls.  I imagine it would be similar to when houses are built with concrete block.

I would guess that it is similar to block construction also.  I am wondering how they get vertical rebar in there as it is code in this state.  That is unless you have some structural testing to prove it isn't needed.  Being in the middle of building my third home and doing most of it myself makes this very intriguing.  Plumbing and conduit could also be run in the middle with a little drilling also.

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Here's another one from April.

China’s first buildings made with 3D printing installed Shanghai

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Looks like he's printing two walls concentric with a gap - if it was me I'd look into strapping the wiring in conduit to rebar, and dropping that into the wall cavity, tying up the cable ends and then filling the whole lot with more concrete...

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if you use high strength concrete along with synthetic fiber I do not think re-bar or wire is needed
http://www.nrmca.org/aboutconcrete/cips/24p.pdf

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Interesting out of the box concept. I see this as a proof of concept build to get the public attention. I expect they will soon try an actual building with conduit foam insulation in the walls or concrete fill in the walls.
Poured cthe idea of poured concrete houses has been around for a long time IIRC one of Thomas Edison's inventions but one that never took of.
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Right.. well!
If someone could just print this for me at life sized scale that'd be great.

http://i.imgur.com/dgCfmJ5.jpg

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LOL

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