Re: Hobyist RP machine

From: ohho@trinidad.net
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 08:39:28 EEST


Thanks to everyone for taking the time to answer my question!
(I'm only a hobbyist so please take my comments in that light....)

Mr. Leigh implies that I shouldn't expect to find an Rp machine for
200US when simpler, microprocessor less tools cost more.......this
probably sound like nit picking but I'd hardly call those 'hobbyist
tools'.
    El - cheapo(<$300) ink jet printers routinely place droplets of ink
to 1/720 of an inch that could have easily have been both binder and
pigment to a layer of Plaster-of-Paris; or with a Fax Machine type head
and powdered wax ...well you get the idea..

Mr. Mahale....Your device sounds fantastic and I wish your efforts every
success, though ( Mr. Nye) as a hobbyist I'd be ecstatic with 200 micron
accuracy (~1/128") and 400 micron resolution(~1/64") in a volume
8"x8"x14".....(a toy to most of you[?], but to a hobbyist, "grown-up"
Lego , possibly even a personal portal to zillionaredom)...I can dream
can't I ?.. :)

Mr. Denton and Mr. Lawson both suggested a service bureau....I live in
the Caribbean, Trinidad to be exact, as far as I know there are no
service bureaus here- though I wish there were, besides what I want is
my very own dream machine.
It seems to me that the technology is there in various places but no one
has put them together......perhaps 'cause its reasoned that there isn't
the market for it.....I beg to differ....billions of dollars are spent
on toys every year that are not much more than a shell and a couple of
wheels ....imagine being able to download your kids Christmas list! no
shipping cost, comparably tiny distribution costs and the possibility of
personalizing a toy - to me, a priceless feature!

Mr. Morton, my rack mount tells me that there are limitations to my
output devices
and I'm no longer satisfied with plastercine.....I'd like the prototype
to be functional or at least act as a mold for the part. While I
apparently need a life, I still find that I haven't enough time to sit
and manually construct everything.

Thanks Mr. Brett, I'll be sure to check it out .

Mr. Huolila's comments made me wonder if, what i want is an rp machine,
maybe its more like a Santa Claus machine.

ok I'll shut up now : )

Adrian.

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