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To: RC one

A good idea would be to print a shape that could used make a lost wax or investment mold for casting your part in your metal of choice, especially if the master is made with a low melting point material. Those processes are easy to do and reproduce parts in fine detail. Very little finish machining would be required.


17 posted on 01/25/2013 10:55:35 PM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: factoryrat
A good idea would be to print a shape that could used make a lost wax or investment mold for casting your part in your metal of choice, especially if the master is made with a low melting point material. Those processes are easy to do and reproduce parts in fine detail. Very little finish machining would be required.

There are already 3d printers on the market which print in sand + binders to be used for sand casting.

42 posted on 01/26/2013 10:00:49 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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