South African Man 3D Prints a Working Lawn Mower With His Super Fast 3D Printer in Just 9 Hours
It's a story about a South African man named Hans Fouche, who had developed a garage-sized 3D printer capable of printing very large objects at speeds which were leaps and bounds ahead of other 3D printers on the market today.
Today, Fouche unveiled a project unlike anything we have seen before. Using his “Cheetah” 3D printer, which is capable of these extraordinary high speeds, Fouche 3D printed a working lawn mower. Most impressive, however, is the fact that it only took about 9 print hours to complete on Fouche’s Cheetah printer. The only parts of the mower which were not 3D printed were the motor, which was taken from an old lawn mower, the blade, the handle (including the switch), and the shafts for the wheels. Print times for the individual pieces can be seen below (color coded to photo at right)
- 4 wheels 45 min / wheel (blue) – 180 min
- Thin top fan cover wheel (blue) – 10 min
- Frame incorporating the stone guard (red) – 190 min
- Top cover (yellow) – 70 min
- Motor cover (gold) – 90 min
- Total print time – 9 Hours
