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Anonymous
You like, /po/?
>> Anonymous
WHAT A WASTE OF FUCKING PAPER.

but nonetheless
holy shit.
awesome.
>> Anonymous
Did they carve that out with a knife? Or was it some powertool, or some crazy specialized device?
>> Anonymous
a tree died for this!

it's a shame :(
>> Anonymous
There's a printer that I saw on the discovery channel that does this. It cuts stuff out of a stack of paper using a 3D model source.
>> GoblinGuy
>>161176
There are also wood-carvers that do this.
>> Anonymous
>>161176
>>161177

how would one go about doing this, and to the 2 i have above here, sources?
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>>161178
>> GoblinGuy
>>161178
I saw one on an episode of Mythbusters. They were trying to make a tiny car, so they made a 3D model of it and put a huge block of wood in the center of a giant machine. It carved away at it for a while until it had an exact replica.
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lol...
It's funny when people are marveled by stuff that you yourself shrug your shoulders at because you yourself don't know any better than that it's nothing special...
It's a simple form of rapid prototyping. Nowadays there are rapid prototyping 3D printers that actually "carve" one or another form of material, but when rapid prototyping was "first" invented, they used a method like this: "virtually" cutting up the subject in layers (like a ct scan: there's software that can do that by telling how many slices you want (OP chose A LOT lol) then click a button) then cutting the outline of that on one or some other material and stacking it (you can either print it then cut it yourself, but there are "printers" that can cut (obviously, but I figure some of you might not know stuff like that is possible lol; craftrobo that /po/ sometimes get excited about for a few posts for instance). It's nothing special really, the way OP's picture has taken it a little to the extreme is a lot of work though and the result can look nice and artsy. ;)
The technique is childishly simple though. Literally: there are child's games (3D puzzles) based on this technique, even kids understand how to (de)compile a 3D shape into a bunch of 2D slices lol...
>> Anonymous
Rapid prototyping generally refers to an additive construction process, where consecutive layers of material are built up into an object.

Methods such as 3 and 5-axis CNC milling are subtractive, whereby cutters remove waste material from a large base block.

Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) is a simple and cheap RP process that often uses a laser but may also use a blade to cut out profiles from a large roll of paper. The paper generally has some kind of binder such as a heat activated glue, which a hot roller activates after each layer is cut. The quality and strength aren't that great but its fast, cheap and potentially recyclable.

Another really cool RP machine is Evil Mad Scientist's Candyfab: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab
>> Anonymous
it was carved like wood, is nothing special, it would be a different thing if he would cut every sheet of paper to make the form, like one guy who used craftrobo who cut every piece of paper and then glued to make a figure
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>>161175
A tree died for this... go clean you ass with water!
>> Anonymous
They should sell books where the edges of the paper would be carved like that