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Re: [OM] 3-D printing, was: New photos up

Subject: Re: [OM] 3-D printing, was: New photos up
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:25:50 -0500
If it's cheap enough it only needs to fire once.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/9/2013 1:38 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>From what I have read, the 3D printer can, indeed, make the parts in the
> proper shapes.  However, achieving the strength necessary to handle the high
> temperature and pressure may be an entirely different story.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] 3-D printing, was: New photos up
>
>
>> I also heard a report that all of the gun control laws we are trying to
>> pass will be meaningless because anyone can use a 3D printer to print out
>> a
>> working gun and high capacity magazines.
>>
>> Scary.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Chuck Norcutt
>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Which reminds me that I read an interesting article about 3-D printing a
>>> couple weeks ago.  The aim of the article was to make a claim that 3-D
>>> printing is advancing and growing so fast that it will soon be a threat
>>> to the Chinese dominance of manufacturing of many items due to Chinese
>>> low cost labor.  The claim was that 3-D printing will soon be able to
>>> reproduce many of these items with quick turnaround, higher quality and
>>> essentially no labor.  The Chinese are already at something of a
>>> disadvantage for shipment of materials and finished goods and that will
>>> only accelerate the advantage of 3-D printing in the US and elsewhere.
>>>
>>> True?  I don't know enough about 3-D printing materials capability to
>>> say for sure but it's an interesting observation.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/8/2013 11:31 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>>>> ...and I guess you can transmit a file then the recipient prints it on
>>> his
>>>> 3-D printer.
>>>>
>>>> ...Wayne
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