[R-390] New 3D scanner - printer recreates obsolete parts

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

Hi all,
Saw this article on an interesting 3D  scanner that recreates obsolete 
parts. 
Jay Leno is using one to make copies  of impossible-to-find car parts.
The machine scans the part, then will make  an exact copy in plastic
that can be cast in metal or the scans can be CNC  machined. It can make an 
actual 
working copy of an adjustable crescent  wrench in one piece, with the 
moving 
threaded wheel on the inside.

A  machine like this could possibly be used to make an exact copy of an
R-389  PTO or the workings of one from a disassembled unit that could be  
reassembled into a working unit. Not sure how one could reproduce the  
ferrite or iron powder tuning core slug but one could conceivably reproduce 
 any 
or all of the working mechanical parts of an R-389 PTO using this  machine.

http://tiny.cc/ehgZI

Your imagination (and wallet) could  be the limit in what kind of obsolete 
mechanical radio
parts could be made  with a machine like this. Knobs, brackets, tuning 
mechanisms?

73 Todd  WD4NGG  

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