CNC with Truespace? -- Thanks! 2004-06-12 - By Primitive Itch
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Wow, that is extremely cool. But I have not been able to find a simple
service that would print something like this for a fee, for example, to make
a custom toy for my kid. There are a number of service bureaus, but I
haven�t found anything that is consumer oriented.
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Anybody know of such a service?
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Regards,
Scott J. Miles
Primitive Itch
http://www.primitiveitch.com
http://www.pixelfu.com/MotionStudio/
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From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)] On Behalf Of Bill Neumann
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 2:14 PM
To: truespace@(protected)
Subject: Re: [TSML] CNC with Truespace? -- Thanks!
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Hi Kris,
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��� The model you asked about is a ball bearing assembly. It's one of the
free samples Z Corp will send to you on request ... and yes, all the
bearings move inside the assembly. :O)
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The other model is a quick little deep sea submersible design I threw
together when I heard Z Corp was giving away free samples, made from a file
you could send them. Like I said, they still do that from time to time, so
keep checking back and maybe they'll run that special again. It isn't a very
good model, but it only took me a few minutes to make, so hey ... :O)
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As far as selling the prints as art ... that might be interesting to try.
The thought I had originally, was to make small sculpture or jewelry in tS
and then use the STL object as a prototype to show a prospective customer.
And when the design was finalized, you could make an RTV mold from the STL
piece,�inject it and do�a lost wax casting for the final product.
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Food for thought.
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Bill
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Thanks, Bill, for the info and the images.� Is that a ball-bearing or "lazy
susan" type of assembly (hollow ring with spheres inside)?� Did the balls
actually move/rotate?� Is the other model a deep-sea mini-sub?
I'll have to check the links; my dial-up is really slow right now.
I'm trying to think whether with the printing or having models printed
would be a suitable (meaning, a least somewhat profitable) small-business
venture, or would people buy hand-made art over "printed" art...� Something
to think about - thanks again for the info -
- Kris K.
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