3d print fans

[MancorJ]

This is just a dumb thread but i was in deep thought and i had an epiphany, could you 3d print noctua fans??????????????????????????????? so therefore i typethed this post and i asketh this question that everyone with a 3d printer must know.

[SPG]

I mean...you could, but they wouldn't work the way you'd want them to

[MancorJ]

Just now, SPG said:

I mean...you could, but they wouldn't work the way you'd want them to

but could it run crysis?

[SPG]

Just now, MancorJ said:

but could it run crysis?

since it's a fan...no

[MancorJ]

4 minutes ago, SPG said:

since it's a fan...no

i m h e c c i n b a m b o o z l e d

[Oshino Shinobu]

You could create something that resembles a Noctua fan, sure. It wouldn't perform well though, 3D printers just aren't accurate enough. 

[MancorJ]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

You could create something that resembles a Noctua fan, sure. It wouldn't perform well though, 3D printers just aren't accurate enough. 

what if you had like an ultimaker 4?

[RadiatingLight]

You could print the housing and blades, but no way you're printing a functioning bearing.

also, you'd need to supply your own motor, since you obviously can't print those (unless you use.. electrically conductive filament with dual-filament printing?)