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DaveR
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Initially Posted - 07/10/2011 : 07:44:44

I want one of these for the boat!
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw&feature=youtube_gdata_playe"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw&feature=youtube_gdata_playe[/url]

Dave Robbins
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http://bambooc25.weebly.com/

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 08:04:36

OK, that's way beyond cool. It's scary cool! What a great way to cheat Neptune. Unfortunately, it probably costs more than my boat.

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TCurran
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 09:25:15

and think of the amp hours it would take to power that...but still cool.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 09:34:24

Unlimited possibilities. I saw demo couple years ago on Leno. You can purchase black and white only for a lot less. Check out [url="http://www.zcorp.com/en/Products/3D-Printers/ZPrinter-150/spage.aspx"]Z Corporation[/url]. But you are right, more than your boat!
Steve A

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 10:10:38

$15,000 for the U machine. Not bad!

But the cartridges! Now they are not so cheap!

Paul

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 10:18:37

Watching that demo, I have to wonder how it figures out the hidden shaft on both ends of the thumbwheel, and thereby that the wheel is moving part. Then there's the tang on the moving jaw that slides in the slot and has the "teeth" that are moved by the thumbwheel. Are they scanning with MRI? ...with that little hand-held gun?

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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 11:09:53

I work in the plastic industry. We just had a presentation that showed this exact same thing. I wonder if I gave them a picture of a Playmate what they could.

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Ryan L
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 12:08:29

Wow...

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 17:12:12

Meh....

Needs more cowbell....

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OJ
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 18:24:57

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 . . . I have to wonder how it figures out the hidden shaft on both ends of the thumbwheel . . .
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Dave, I wondered the same thing - I'm guessing the light beams travel down the shafts and cavity walls and the computer is recording it.

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 07/10/2011 : 18:46:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OJ
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 . . . I have to wonder how it figures out the hidden shaft on both ends of the thumbwheel . . .
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Dave, I wondered the same thing - I'm guessing the light beams travel down the shafts and cavity walls and the computer is recording it.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Take a close look at a crescent wrench... There's no place for a beam to see the upper shaft. None. Same for a few other features.

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pfduffy
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Response Posted - 07/11/2011 : 05:18:00

I'm guessing that they left out some steps to keep the video moving. There is probably an intervention by a CAD engineer which tweaks the scan and adds details like the thumbwheel.

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 07/11/2011 : 06:19:07

On the other hand, I don't understand the physics inside a silicon processor chip, either... I used to know the basic physics inside computers, but no more. These guys might be doing something like MRI, although I don't know how well that works on metal objects.

Jeez... I don't know nuttin any more.

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DavidCrosby
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Response Posted - 07/11/2011 : 20:46:43

OMG. Wonder what Gene Roddenberry would have to say about this?

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