"Winston" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
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On Jul 6, 9:23 pm, "Phil wrote:
I never thought I'd see the day when something
like this could be done! Amazing, to me anyway...
phil k.

http://www.wimp.com/functionaltools/

Someday this'll be done with powdered metal and it'll be sintered
afterwords.

It already is. Extrude Hone showed such a machine and system at IMTS
2000. I
may still have a photo of one of the parts, which I ran in my IMTS
coverage
in _Machining_ magazine.


(...)


You can make your own parts via 3D printing too.
http://www.shapeways.com/

Upload your .STL file, select your material and
Bob's Your Uncle.
http://www.shapeways.com/upload/about

--Winston

It looks like it's come a long way in a short time. Note that the stainless
steel product is bronze-infiltrated.

I don't have Flash turned on so I didn't see the process. I'll look again on
my Linux machine to see what I can tell about it.

Thanks for the links.

--
Ed Huntress