I was fortunate enough due to my smart kid to tour the SpaceX facility. They
have some amazing stuff there (of course). We saw items made from 3D printing
that were made from inconel. They said it is better to print the inconel parts
than try to machine it from billet as the printing gets the part close to the
shape needed and can be final machined at that point.
If you are not familiar with inconel, do a google search. Cool stuff.
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> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:57 AM, "Cullen McCann" <cmccann1972@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree the 3d printers are going to revolutionize problems like these. I
> don't know for sure if it would be the perfect solution considering the
> material, but I like the thought behind it for these parts and possibly
> others that are unobtainium. From what little I know, the printing is
> probably not the hard part, its the accurate 3d Scan... getting a 3D
> representation in the machine so the printer can cut the shape. pure shapes
> are easy, but shapes as complex as wheel arch trim would be difficult to
> model in the computer without having been scanned in 3d first. There are
> machines out there that do this but I think they are even more specialized
> than the 3D printer. Well... its worth noting as part of the process.
>
> Cullen
> Alpine 260
>
>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Tod Brown <todbrown@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All:
>>
>> I don't know if it is possible, but it seems to me that, given the recent
>> advances in 3-D printing, it might be possible to reproduce the moldings
in
>> plastic and have them silver coated. I think a lot of auto moldings are
>> done this way nowadays. The advantage would, hopefully, be the lowered
>> cost. If done well enough, only someone with a sharp eye would know. If
the
>> price turns out low enough, it would be a wise move on the part of every
>> MkII owner to buy a set as a backup, or even as the primary set so as to
>> preserve the original. I have a friend with a MkII who needs one piece of
>> side trim who would be very pleased with such a solution. Just a thought
>> for discussion.
>>
>> Tod
>> B382002384LRXFE
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