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3d rapid prototyping
There is a cool service that takes your 3d models and creates a plastic copy of your model. I am working on a tool for a glass light fixture. We are casting it in steel and will use the tool to slump glass into it to make a glass lamp shade. I used Autcad and 3D Studio Max to create the STL file that will be used to create a scale plastic model. The model will be used by a foundry to make a sand mold to cast the steel.
Sent 3d model out to be produced today.
This is the first time I have produced a rapid prototype and it has gotten me thinking about making some other things. Mainly cars and car parts. Just read a great article about the V2 356 and Strahle, inspiring stuff. Anyhow, I am enjoying making 3d prototypes and stuff out of metal.
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1973 911T
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