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.

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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
>>
>
>
>
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