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
>

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