From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 19:44:35 MST
Assuming it's a general purpose printer, printing enclosed spaces that
aren't designed for or capable of being evacuated in 1 atmosphere would be
bad.
Emlyn
(stopping this before I blow a fuse)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Davis [mailto:jrd1415@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, 10 January 2003 12:27
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: RE: TECH: 3D Printers == Santa Claus machines
>
>
>
> --- Emlyn O'regan <oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au>
> wrote:
> > I'd be really surprised if you could print a
> > standard lightbulb. Can you
> > print a clear polymer strong enough to maintain the
> > evacuated interior? Can
> > you evacuate the interior? I'm assuming you can't
> > print layers of vacuum :-)
>
> Perhaps you start in a vacuum.
>
> Jeff Davis
>
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