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Date:         Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:57:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Print your parts
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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You are seriously misled if you think that the printer spits out an operational assembly with moving parts. Those would all have to be separately made, one at a time and then assembled later for demonstration.

Mike B.

-------------------------------------------------- From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 1:23 PM To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: Print your parts

> That's ri-donk-u-lous! > > I'd be curious how that "translates" to the mold and casting > processes. i.e. a part is scanned, printed, then used to make a mold. > Would the software have to be written so that the part printed to make > mold is somehow a hair oversize so it cast piece can then be finished > to proper size? > > Still, that's dang amazing. A trumpet playing sail boat restoring > friend spoke of similar technology some years ago ("on paper" > technology) One could be in the middle of the ocean, have a > specialized fastener break, get on the 'net via sattelite or cell > network, and via uploads/downloads, have a machine "print" out a part. > Or something like that. > > The fact that the printer spits out a "functioning" set of moving > parts is amazing. I bet taking one of those apart would be > interesting. ;) > > Wow. > > Neil. > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:11 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: >> OK - by my reckoning, it's 6 minutes into Frydaye on the east coast - >> and I've go to get to bed - so here it is!! >> >> Ever have need of a part and the VW dealership - or other vendor - says >> NLA? Well, why not print your own parts. >> >> None other than car officionado Jay Leno himself tells how it's done. >> Check it out!! >> >> http://widgets.nbc.com/o/47f1317f105123ad/498ebd00a62edaa0/47fe70d4555df05a/9e46bd46/-cpid/ba4377d3bfd6c81 >> >> John Rodgers >> 88 GL Driver >> > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines


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