3D printing

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Bill Bedford
LNER A3 4-6-2
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Re: 3D printing

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sawdust wrote:This technique interests me greatly as a coach restorer, as we need small runs of parts that will never be viable to have injection moulded. It could also be used to produce low cost patterns for casting in metal.
There are a number of the larger foundries that will cast direct from your 3D files but each one seems to have their own system.
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