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Subject: Re: [OM] Motor Drive Caps
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:52:28 -0700
At 04:27 PM 12/6/2000 -0800, Chris Barrett wrote:
>Dear Craig & Giles,
>
>Some time ago I contemplated seeing if our Stereolithography kit at work
>could do it. You've probably not heard of this, but it is a laser system
>which "writes" on the surface of a bath of resin. Where the resin has
>been exposed, it solidifies. The system gradually builds up the layers
>to make a three dimensional object.
>
>The problem with it is it is quite expensive, and I don't think we can
>get quite the resolution needed for the fine detail on the cap. They
>would also need some further work to finish them off.
>
>However, it is a fairly rapid way of making objects. the bath is about
>12" square, so it would be possible to produce about 200 in one growth
>run.


Coo-oo-oo-oo-l.  I'd do it just to watch the process.  8^>

Garth


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