Westec report

Message: 4
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 03:17:44 +0100 (BST)
From: Peter Chen <cadcamcenter@...>
Subject: Westec report

Andrew,
Very comprehensive report. For that you have been
appointed official reporter for the coming N.A.M.E.S.
expo. Would give my toenails to go, but finacial and
other considerations dictate that I stay home and
stew. Will have to depend on you or others for that
favor/favour.

[Thanks, Peter (and Mike, and Alan) I'm honored. But Detroit's a lot
further for me to go than LA, so I don't think I'll be able to make it. It
would be nice if someone wanted to give us a report from there, though. I'm
going to try to get to PRIME next year, though- Oregon's more in my
(non-stationary) orbit.]

BTW how much was that zcorp printer over there. I have
been offered a used FDM for half what the zcorp cost
here, but am worried about the consumables cost. I
think zcorp's advantage is in the much lower
consumables cost, of a order of 4-5 X lower?

Peter

[I think it was $59,000, although I'm not sure if that includes the color
option. As I recall, the Stratasys people were talking about $10/cu.in.
cost for their ABS thread material. Some people recycle the unused powder
from their Z-corp machines to cut costs, but that's frowned upon by the
company. If the used FDM you're talking about uses a generally-available
form of plastic feedstock, I'm sure the price would be a lot less.]

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