[DeTomaso] Next tool for the community toolchest?

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Or for a part like that you can simply do a lost wax casting with molten
steel and then finish it off.

Michael Shortt

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> This is cool stuff, especially being able to build in place items like
> the crescent wrench.  However....
>
> A machine shop is not going to be able to do that.  A machine shop
> will need to build each part separately.  So the build in place
> crescent wrench is out.  But all the other uses would be great.
>
> So my question is, in the case of the steam valve they reproduced for
> Jay, does the system output a CAD file ready for a CNC machine to whip
> out that piece in steel?  If so, then it's a great system.  I can see
> something like this being very useful.
>
> The 3D scanner was way cool to begin with.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Quoting Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>:
>
> > FWIW, a buddy of mine has one of these stereo lithography machines
> > in his garage (he does rapid prototyping on the side).
> > It's pretty amazing. To demo the capabilities for me, he fed in a
> > CAD file for an adjustable Crescent wrench and
> > 'printed' out a fully functioning working adjustable wrench made of
> > ABS plastic. Then he did the same with a
> > bearing - inner and outer races with captured ball bearings in
> > between - and it came out as a complete assembly.
> >
> > I pinged him to see if he has the 3D scanner to get an idea what
> > cost might be to prototype/reproduce a part if anyone is interested.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Garth
> >
> >
> >
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