Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: home brew rapid prototype machines

Andrew wrote,

> [Right. For most purposes, hollow shell parts would work as well as solid
> ones, and would take much less time and materials to produce.]
>
> this is why I had mentioned using solid models from the cad system
> each layer would have to be made up of filled contours to get a solid part
> like I was saying,the software side needs some work :)
>
> [Why do you need these parts to be filled in solid?]

The idea I had bouncing around in my head was to throw together a fairly
high resolution wax "print head" using a small orifice ,heater(hot glue
gun),
and small solenoid(dot matrix print head possibly?) to shoot little droplets
of wax onto the layers
a hollow shell as thin as I would hope to get (big hope) would not survive
handling, one solution could be to fill in the interior with a low density
lattice or honeycomb as it was built up or to make thicker walls
just some things I was daydreaming about

Brian