Re: [rp-ml] free STL Files and other (free) things we wish for in the new year

All:

I have been on the list since the early 90's (bought an LOM system in
1991). I still have to explain - in great detail usually - to
customers that want RP parts or RTV/urethane parts what is possible -
etc. I really thought by now that the understanding of the technology
and applications would be more wide spread. I think part of the
problem is due to the continued erosion of manufacturing in the US.

Alair Emory
Javelin 3D

On Jan 8, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Mullen, John wrote:

> I remember back in the early 1990’s when the RP mailing list was
> very vibrant and informative with issues related to Rapid
> Prototyping. If you saw a new rpml email come through, you read it
> and many times learned something. There was none of this ranting
> we’ve seen recently and just hitting the delete key as the messages
> come in.
>
> Are we all just the old timers left on this list? Where have the
> young bloods gone? Blogs?.......Twitter?.....other lists?
>
> The recent political rants need to move onto to a chat line please
> and off the rpml.
>
> This is still a very dynamic industry, with so many things changing
> in hardware, software, materials, processes, etc. each month and
> year. I would like to hear about it and learn something.
>
> Here’s what’s on my mind this morning……….
>
> Is there someone out there who can actually RP small, usable gears
> for me? I’d love to move away from machining numerous ABS gears for
> our electronic “works like” prototype models. Anyone have some
> success? We do create RP gears in a variety of technologies, but
> they all suffer from one issue or another such as initial material
> strength, inaccuracies, material breakdown. After the design is
> proven we machine custom gears. I don’t need a very long life for
> these typically a couple of months tops, just a quite, smooth
> running gear. As always timing is an issue. It’s asking a lot but
> it’s my Holy Grail.
>
> Someone inspire me again….teach me something please.
>
>
> John Mullen
> Rapid Prototype Manager
> Hasbro, Inc.
> 1027 Newport Avenue 401.727.5194
> Pawtucket, RI 02862 johnmullen@hasbro.com
> From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On
> Behalf Of José Joaquín Prieto Cruz
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:59 AM
> To: G. Sachs; rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
> Subject: Re: [rp-ml] free STL Files and other (free) things we wish
> for in the new year
>
> Mr. GS
> The american people need to change too I see the mensage for the
> life when Mr. Obama be a president.
> The americans need to do an other Woodstock more very big , to
> invite all the world to be in the solar era and forget
> the war and polution , we need clean energy to pay all, our needs
> and thinks to be in the more better place in all the world.
>
> Pardons my imprudence
>
> J
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> El 7/01/2010, a las 15:07, G. Sachs escribió:
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> Adrian - "And... Who needs to earn, if stuff is free? :-)"
>
> Apparently you and others at the the University of Bath! But I
> assume you are TOTALLY kidding - right? !
>
> Are you saying you are willing to start teaching and doing research,
> for free, in exchange for all the RepRaps, music, movies, and TV you
> could ever want (great idea for 2010 :-) ? How are you going to pay
> the farmer, and your doctor - in RepRap 'units' or RP parts :-)?
> Ahhhh, but then I think you will agree with me that talk is, by far,
> the cheapest commodity of all (actually it's one of the few things
> that's ALWAYS been free)? Just (half) kidding though, in order to
> try and rattle your notion, a bit, that there simple solutions to
> tough problems, probably will do. Here in the States, people often
> fault academicians for not having enough "skin in the game" and
> being sheltered from the harsh realities of living in the "real
> world". I guess I kind of have one foot in both worlds and so can
> look at things both ways, or as a series of +'s & -'s (though,
> sometimes, it still seems like a zero sum game).
>
> Regards,
> G.S.
>
> From: Adrian Bowyer <A.Bowyer@bath.ac.uk>
> To: Fast 3D di Saleri Stefano <stefano.saleri@tiscali.it>
> Cc: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
> Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 1:07:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [rp-ml] free STL Files and other (free) things we wish
> for in the new year
>
> The inkjet worked and we could deposit stuff with it. But it was a
> student project, so we have simply stored the results to possibly
> take further in the future.
>
> And... Who needs to earn, if stuff is free? :-)
>
> Best wishes
>
> Adrian
>
> Dr Adrian Bowyer
> http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensab
> http://reprap.org
>
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> Fast 3D di Saleri Stefano wrote:
> > Hard to beleive that single jetting heads can be put on a
> framework of that type! Any positive results from the experiment?
> > I don't see the sense of making everything so costless and "free".
> In the end who is earning? Are we all going towards a Cinese
> mentality where generally speaking low quality and low costing
> products are becoming a fashion? I really hope not.
> >
> > Happy New Cheap 2010
>
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Received on Fri Jan 08 21:36:22 2010