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  • Birthday 09/30/1956

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  1. The software is already out there for much more than you think, including Subaru. http://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:4?q=Subaru&sa=
  2. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131205-scientists-develop-new-app-to-turn-mobile-phones-into-3d-scanners.html
  3. I was at the Nebraska Furniture, (that store is amazing in that it takes a full day to see everything, However, their prices are super low for good quality) and looking at their software, since I'm accustomed to a CAD/CAM manipulation of a model. The salesman showed me a cell phone application. He took 10 or 20 pictures of me and in about three or four hours, the 3D printer had digitized and coded my head. That is amazing and if you have a copy of what your wanting to 3D print, that Smart Phone application might be helpful. Peace Frank
  4. I worked on the PVR and HRS solar array panels of the space station. We made an extra, replacement part, for each since there is hyper velocity space trash which can hit the panels. http://singularityhub.com/2014/09/24/3d-printer-delivered-to-space-station-launches-new-era-of-space-manufacturing/
  5. http://www.spaceclaim.com/en/Mkting/ppc_STLPrepfor3DPrinting-video-ThankYou.aspx http://www.nfm.com/list.aspx?dsNav=Ntk:primary|3D+printers|3|,Ny:False,Ntpc:Disabled,Ro:0,Aro:0,Ns:p_is_bestseller|101|-1|&dsDS=D:3D+printers&dsCDS=D:3D+printers&q=3D+printers&clickedTabValue=All
  6. I also did a mean looking Cobra from the Ford Mustang logo, about a foot and a half tall.
  7. Production of Metallic and Ceramic Parts with the Optoform ... http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA521852
  8. 3D printing is helping to reduce the time and costs associated with production operations In the last three or four years, 3D printing has developed in certain areas in particular. While the best-known use of the technology is to produce the products themselves, perhaps the most useful facet of the technology for many manufacturers is to use it as a part of its manufacturing processes. Read more: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/in-depth/the-big-story/in-touch-with-reality-the-digital-future-of-the-factory/1019837.article#ixzz3T4kAhGGl http://www.theengineer.co.uk/in-depth/the-big-story/in-touch-with-reality-the-digital-future-of-the-factory/1019837.article
  9. Again the stereo lithography is now called 3D printing. I see it as useful for outdated and or parts which are no longer in production. The first cast parts I made were with in .005 inch, which would be .125mm in metric. So if you have no luck at a company which isn't open for business or the junk yard, you might consider this a cost effective. Keep in mind that single pours cost much more and outfits with large orders will be at the front of the line. I've used Catia CAM systems to create a high speed machine CNC program. It took less time and in the world of high speed machining, aluminum is like butter. Even titanium, inconel, rene and other high nickle or tough parts are being machines using new programming techniques of moving fast and having minimal material engagement.
  10. BTW there is a UT Texas alum, law school too, who will sell you the software for a gun. No metal detector will detect the gun, however the bullets are a whole different story. How many rounds will safely shoot through that gun is another consideration/story. Fact is that you can not only bear arms, but if you make the arm, no serial number is required. There is an idiot born everyday who devotes their time and effort to non-sense. Seriously hope we aren't here do stupid stuff? http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-gun-a-printer-an-ideology
  11. I'd be interested in any and all software for Subaru, I'm able to use the 3D printers of Nebraska Furniture, for the moment. Prior, the technology was called stereo-lithography and I used it for the biggest defense contractor in applications which did away with the expensive cost of a model shop. The wax type structure was coated with ceramics, allowed to dry and re-coated until the desired structural requirement was met. Then the wax melted out and aluminum and or the desire material was poured in. Lastly the -ceramics broken and or dipped in a chem etch tank. The technology is coming along and soon actual parts will be made as needed, thereby doing away with the need for inventories. You could in an ideal world get a more pure material. The configuration of any given part may call for the use of gate which would allow aluminum to flow into confined areas, prior to hardening, which is common in the investment casting industry. So the gates and the vibration to avoid air bubbles are concerns which I have considerable experience with. Along with the composites industry. In any case I'd like to see the models which you have and maybe looking at common models, there could be some economic feasibility and or a make consideration. I've trinkets, my name and company logo and tiny missiles which were part of engineering week trinkets given away. The strength is the material and thereby limited application, unless you use the material in a molding process, which might be worthwhile for high end parts in WRX/STI cars which have high cost due to Subaru and or other after market inventory pricing. When I look at the objects I've done, I doubt they would stand up to the hot Texas sun and at the microscopic level they seem honeycomb in nature. The casting is feasible and technology/innovation will someday replace inventory or the parts department.Thanks Frank
  12. I'm starting to build a 4'x4' CNC router table. Will be able to do wood / alum / delrin / etc. Not sure what applications this will have for the Community here but I'm open to ideas. For the CNC nerds: I retrofitted manual machines with CNC controls and did digital read outs for an outfit in Florida. Anilam Electronics, back in the early 80's, they had their own CAM (computer aided manufacturing) system. You could go with servo motors, ball screws and glass scales if your not going to put too much stress. I've seen engravers with the very same extruded materials. I'm assuming the ways are hardened steel?
  13. Back in the day we called this stereo-lithography and you could coat the wax type material in ceramics, allow it to harden and do it a few times, melt the wax out and pour aluminum and or the alloy of choice. Then allow it to harden and break off the ceramics and your part/parts would be within =/-.005. It was used to make fast models and rarely for production. Not even in a LRIP (low initial rate production) mode. Too expensive and that was over 15 years ago. Ironic that HP plans to break up and one of the divisions will be 3D printing. I've heard they can make food and other costly parts of pure alloys. They may make machinist a thing of the past?
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