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12 posts · Started by ShadeTheChangingMan · 20 Jun 2011

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So....CNC machining of parts could eventually die out.....its already able to work with metals on a basic level but the future could bring more. There's a good article in the Economist about it today.

Thats the devils work I tell you. Magic
that is some clever shit going on there. Hooray for tech!
I have some prototype parts made by printing - the quality is not very good yet. Metal parts are science fiction Yes, it's all improving every year and every rapid prototype process seems amazing. Until you really need to get something out of them.. Ha ha.
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Tell you what then Shade. You go order some top triple clamps made from printed metal - fit them to the R - and then we'll meet up for a brisk ride to Finchingfield.
If i was good at wheelies, i'd take you up on that.
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Been using this technology for some years now to produce (smallish) architectural models - circa £500 per A4 'tablet'.
would it be good for prototype design of CNC parts?

Would it also be good for creating molds for casting nifty bits of bling too?
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