Re: Free "zprint"

Message: 4
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 17:58:44 -0700
From: dave engvall <dengvall@...>
Subject: Re: Free "zprint"

Anne Ogborn wrote:

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> But I could ZPrint that. Of course I'd be making it in corn starch and
>wax 8cP
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Sorry Anne I was half spoofing. Indeed I can imagine a machine that would
do that but not in 3 axis.

But if you can build it in wax/starch or polymer then you can lost-wax it. :-)

[Not necessarily. According to Bathsheba Grossman, who really tried hard to
make this work, the wax/starch output of the Z-corp "3d printer" tends to
form an unburnable ash that accumulates in blind pockets, leaving voids in
the castings. Granted, her configurations were complex, but that's why you
use these things in the first place. She finally bought herself a Sanders
machine, which deposits a waxy polymer that burns out much better. Check
her work out at http://www.protoshape.com She's also offering custom
output from her Sanders machine.]

Of course an unlimited budget helps.

Dave

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