Forget the Oven. This Turkey Roasts in a 3D Printer

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By Jeff Petriello2013-11-27 19:55:05 UTC

Here at Mashable, we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a day early by roasting our very first 3D-printed turkey.

We found the design in 3D model store CGTrader, scaled it down to two inches tall and inserted it into a MakerBot Replicator 2. The whole process took about an hour and a half — less time than it takes for your average traditional turkey roast, but nothing to squawk about.

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Check out our Vine time lapse, below:

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