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www.printapart.com vendor
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 03:34 AM UTC
What do you do when you can''t buy an off the shelf part? You turn to www.printapart.com
Many of you saw these guys in Kansas city. Some in other threads. Here is a close look at who www.printapart.com really is.

You really do need to look into this technology.


Vendor

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 03:58 AM UTC
There is a review of the whole process to follow ... Stay tuned.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 10:28 AM UTC
Wow! Man O man O man, the possiblities...!
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Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 04:02 PM UTC
Good breakdown, Scott. . .
I first saw this company reported here on the Kitmaker Network a short while back, and personally, was quite impressed and excited for the capabilities, as well!

Looking forward to further update articles, thanks mate!
~Mark
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Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 04:06 PM UTC
Never mind the theoretical - here's the product in 'action'

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/news/2062
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Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 04:15 PM UTC
It is very impressive and does have tons of potential. Heres a review I wrote on the process itself.
Review
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Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 06:06 PM UTC
The possibilities are endless, I would be interested to see the cost of having items produced and if it can be done on a individual bases or would it have to be massed produced.

cheers

Keith Forsyth
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Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 07:11 PM UTC
Cost is a consideration.
My Canon barrel cost me around $20USD. The cost is dependant on the size and volume of material used.
The cool thing is you can design a part and 'spec' the cost before committing to it.

I think you would probably want to go with buiding a prototype out of this and then duplicating the prototype.

I did see where someone was actually building a length of Working tank tracks. He designed one link, then copied the 'part' in his software and duplicated it over and over and did it in a way that the pins were in the holes and it created a totally functional set of tracks - COOL.

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