dave1888
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 10:40 AM |
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I want to be able to do this...
Amazing
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tjoh84
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 10:49 AM |
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wow
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 10:50 AM |
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No wonder the price of metals gone up. Look at all that wastage.
Get yourself to one of them Chinese fellas on the streets that can bend your name out of wire. You'll never know the difference 
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owelly
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 11:34 AM |
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My ex attended a course on medical equipment and they had a magic machine that would do a 3D scan of a component and then magically replicate it out
of whatever material you wanted! They made a copy of a human skull out of titanium......
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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tegwin
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 12:42 PM |
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If you want to see something amazing, look up stereolythography machines
Being able to grow complex shapes out of a gooey liquid is quite impressive....
The one I saw being done was a chess piece, normal size castle with a spiral staircase inside compelte with opening windows.....all done in one
session....Mental!
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eznfrank
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 02:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
If you want to see something amazing, look up stereolythography machines
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I think I saw one of those at a University once. Fires a laser into the liquid that makes it set in a specific place? They were making the
components for mock up single cylinder engines as a demo - amazing!!
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tegwin
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 03:05 PM |
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Yup thats the stuff!
The really expensive ones with very accurate lasers are able to create "pixels" of only a few microns...
You can even create sliding assemblies in one go...
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 04:46 PM |
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lost wax casting would have been a tad more economical
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Danozeman
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 04:52 PM |
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Very impressive but very wastefull.
I could hear chinese syle langauge in the background. No wonder its the chinese forcing the metal price up if they waste that much.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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skodaman
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 05:16 PM |
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I'm sure Aldi will be knocking out a similar machine for around £50 soon.
Skodaman
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skodaman
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| posted on 1/6/08 at 05:25 PM |
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"I could hear chinese syle langauge in the background."
I'm pretty sure the language was Japanese.
Skodaman
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Simon
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| posted on 2/6/08 at 01:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
lost wax casting would have been a tad more economical
I agree, but then I'm biased - it's what I do
ATB
Simon
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JoelP
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| posted on 2/6/08 at 06:39 AM |
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that must be a viral advert from the manufacturer.
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