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Re: [OM] Too kool not to share... + calling Chris Trask

Subject: Re: [OM] Too kool not to share... + calling Chris Trask
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 08:06:09 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>When Ken mentioned printing with titanium I wasn't sure anyone was 
>printing with titanium that so decided to check.  Google showed there 
>are many and so I decided to use this site as an illustration of the 
>work.  Chris Trask (and probably others here) will find this very 
>interesting.
>
><http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-titanium-bicycle-frame/30760/>
>

      Wow.  But, I found this sidebar article of theirs to be even more 
interesting:

http://www.gizmag.com/real-deal-on-velomobiles/16193/

>
>I think in another 5 years these additive manufacturing processes are 
>going to be everywhere.  Think of the demand for new and/or modified 
>skills... and the reduced demand for the older skills.
>
>I'm not sure if anyone has a 3D printer yet capable of reproducing 
>itself but I think it's coming... then watch what happens.
>

     I'm seeing them as a means of reproducing otherwise unobtainable parts for 
restoring antique airplanes, bicycles, etc.  Doing so presently even with CNC 
machinery is terribly expensive.
 

>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>On 9/7/2014 3:02 AM, SwissPace wrote:
>> We could use the wind on lever to cycle through iso settings - wish I
>> had the time and money for this!
>>
>> On 07/09/14 01:56, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Of course you'd want to print that OM back in titanium !
>>> Of course!!!
>>>
>>>
>>
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Chris

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