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Michael Horvath wrote in message ... (...) From (...) hardens (...) to (...) attached (...) The process is called Stereo Lithography. At least one of the processes... It is a laser-hardened low grade plastic that acts as a 3-D plotter for CAD (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's it! I could not remember the name. (...) Yes, and the problem of securing at least $175,000!!!! Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe he process uses an ultraviolet laser that cures a liquid resin into a solid form. I know LEGO uses this to prototype parts - in last year's catalog the first images of Darth Vader's helmet you could see the horizontal lines from the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I am at art school and we have just won a grant to purchase one of these units at around the $200,000 mark (Australian) Previously we had to send our files away for production at a cost of around $1000 (Aus) per item depending on size. The (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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