Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: 2D printer-real parts

Anyone remotely interested in Photo Etching must check out Randy's Website. I am really impressed!!
Looks like a project to contemplate.
How much is one of those 2500DPI laser printers??????

Randy Gordon-Gilmore wrote:

> At 10:03 AM 10/11/00 -0500, Joe Vicars wrote:
>
> >Start with laminated sheets of almost any metal and then the burn
> >away the laminate with a 2d printer. Then drop the metal in acid and
> >you've got parts. Tiny and intricately detailed up to about .050"
> >thick.
>
> Chemical machining is a technique which involves almost as much thought and
> care as physical machining. :-) I've done some work with home etching, and
> have a couple of articles on my website (address in sig below.)
>
> I'm eager to be able to do 3D surface machining as an adjunct to the etched
> parts. Thus far, I've done 2D profiling (both by manual
> dial-in-the-numbers and by machining profile cutters) but it does limit the
> complexity of shapes I can model...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
>
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