Internal engine parts made of stuff not metal
Oil baffles
Wrist pin buttons
Timing chain guides
Valve stem seals-slingers

Some day we will be able to down load a file and print a part. Soon using
metal powders or other magic we will be able to print metal parts as well!

Maybe!

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Michael
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 6:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: NVC: 3d printed manual transmission

I'm sure a plastic engine part would last about 1.3 nanoseconds....

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 17, 2015, at 18:12, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
>
> Yes.  It is.
> A 3-D printer is on tap for delivery to the International Space Station to
make parts.  Quicker than waiting for the delivery man when something
breaks, I would imagine.
>
> Dave B.
>
>
> On 03/16/15, Harry Hoffman wrote:
>
> Ok, so this is pretty cool!
>
> https://imgur.com/gallery/LyzMwiS
>
> Cheers,
> Harry