Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Homebrew stereo Lithography

>> Yes, if you can figure out how to get the glue gun to shut off a
>> stream cleanly. It's apparently been done fairly well.

>> So has anyone figured out a way do so using a CNC machine? I take
>> it it would > have to be the same process as a CNC (Take away
>> material) but in reverse.

The MIT research group that invented the "3D Printing" process has
occasionally used their CNC bridgeport as a vector platform for small
experiments.

To actually build something using such a machine you would need an
extra axis channel or on/off command capability to control material
deposition.

A milling machine is overbuilt since most of these processies have
minimal 'cutting force'. Also the number of cycles involved in
building things from tiny droplet elements would quickly wear out
machine tool slides (many use air bearings on their fastest moving
axis).

Chris

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