Yup. Mold making. From my youngest son who ran a lab a decade ago when this process was new: Rapid Prototyping is the general term used to describe the industry... Stereolithography is one of the technologies commonly used. Also, 3-D Printing, Fused Deposition Modeling, and Selective Layer Sintering. Google any of those terms and you'll have a better idea of the application for the mature technology. Jim
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@Q.COM> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:50 PM To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Print your parts > I understood one of them to say that from the plastic part, a mold could > be > created. > > Karl Wolz > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of > |Zolly > |Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:19 PM > |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > |Subject: Re: Print your parts > | > |Not only that. That machine only makes that white plastic model. It's > the > |same as the one they copied. So what's the gain? Really nothing. |
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