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Old 07-06-2011, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by elchivito View Post
It's amazing, but I'm a bit confused. What if the finished part or tool needs to be metal? You've still got to take the prototype to a machinist or foundry don't you? How is taking a copy of the original better than taking the original? The D Valve thing Leno had in his video could be scanned and replicated in plastic, but wasn't it an engine part? In plastic?
The scanner and printer Leno had now resides at the prototype lab I used to work at. Jay signed both of them for us.
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