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Re: making your own LEGO parts
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:33:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes:
> We've (Well, I should say the development guys at IBM) have started using
> this process to make some of the plastic parts in our servers.
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> Needless to say, unless you've won the $1 Billion powerball and have a few
> bits of cash floating around in the multi million dollar area and want to
> plunk down on it, go for it, I've got a few pieces to replicate.
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> Otherwise, will be cool when you can just 'print out' stuff 10 20 years from
> now, if that's the way tech is going.
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> l8r
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> Tom
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> "Michael Horvath" <mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote in message
> news:FMt72I.J23@lugnet.com...
> > A while ago I was watching the Discovery channel and saw a program in • which
> > some scientists somewhere were building plastic models using a computer. • From
> > what I understood, there's a big vat of molten plastic which cools and • hardens
> > as it rises out of the heated tub. A laser then trims the cooling plastic • to
> > the desired shape and dimension. I was wondering if this process could be
> > used to build your own LEGO parts? It would be like having a printer • attached
> > to your computer that builds objects instead of just displaying them.
> > Mike
The nearest 'practical' equivalent I can think of, are the 'micro' CNC milling
machines, these allow surfaces to be very accurately milled, and start at
anout 10000 dollars. I have access to one used for making 'one off' prototypes
of stuff, but the cutters have a fairly short like (about 50m of cut - not a
lot when you work out how far it has to move for even a small part), and cost
20 dollars a time, making this an expenive way to make a piece, but it is
quick, and great fun to watch!.
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