{"id":42393,"date":"2014-08-02T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=42393"},"modified":"2024-06-15T10:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T17:01:33","slug":"3d-printed-sax-its-not-sci-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2014\/3d-printed-sax-its-not-sci-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Sax: It’s Not Sci-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prof. Olaf Diegel and his 3D sax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve all been there: We’re at a show and something happens to our axe. Maybe a cork falls off; or a pad falls out; or heaven forbid, the drunk in the front row knocks your horn over and bends the neck at a 45\u00b0 angle.<\/p>\n

With the advent of 3D printing, have you ever thought about having a 3D printed sax as a back-up horn? Or let’s gaze about 20 years into the future and ask: How about having a 3D printed sax as your main axe?<\/p>\n

Well if this sounds like science fiction to you, then you’ve not heard of Prof. Olaf Diegel<\/a>, of Massey University in Aukland, New Zealand<\/del>. Prof. Diegel is a professor of mechatronics, and is an expert in 3D printing (additive manufacturing), CAD, as well as a lot of other areas all related to these two fields.<\/p>\n

Prof. Diegel has been making guitars and drum kits with 3D printers for a while now. As a matter of fact, you can work with Diegel directly, and order a customized, 3D printed guitar from the Cubify website<\/del>.<\/p>\n

To understand how this new 3D printed sax works, check out Prof. Diegel’s demo and explanation in the following video…<\/p>\n