[TheForge] What is it

Thu Sep 12 11:31:03 2002

We've got a "3-D printer" here at work that takes in 3-D plot files and builds a model out of some sort of plastic compound, one layer at a time. The entire process takes 15 minutes to an hour or so, depending on the size. Supposedly it's pretty durable, can be handled easily, and can even be used as a pattern for a casting.

I haven't seen it, but it was described in one of our company newsletters.

Hope is fading - the computer geeks are taking over.

-Marc

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date:  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 07:50:43 -0400

>        I'm glad there is still hope.
>
>Ralph
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Lane" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] What is it
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>>
>> >         I'm sure that these vises will become a thing of the past with
>CNC
>> >as those rigs can carve a tomato out of a block of steel by pushing a
>button
>> >and even tell you when the tool bit is dull.
>>
>>          You still have to make one to have a pattern...
>>
>> Scott
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