Date:         Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:47:27 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Print your parts
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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Only if the machine can print steel, ceramic along with hundreds of
other materials. This machine does none of this - it makes parts out of
PVC that maybe can be used as a pattern for the real thing or maybe not.

Tom
www.towercooler.com


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-----Original Message-----
From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Print your parts

 Were looking at the maturity of the first steps of a technology that
will
evolve into the SF/Star Trek 'Replicator' that generates spare parts on
demand, all info stored in digital form.  Think of it this way.  Our
grand
children (maybe even our children) will bring up a part on the ETKA for
their vehicle (car, bus, airplane, etc) and hit 'Print' and a few
minutes
later out pops the desired part.  No spares to carry on the Navy ships
of
the future, no machine shop with lathe and mill, just the Replicator.


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