<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top">Alan,<br/><br/>Are you here somewhere looking over my shoulder? :)<br/><br/>Here I am in the parking lot waiting to pick up my wife, perusing images of "interlocking joints" for ABS plastic, when your email came came through!<br/><br/>I like the Makerbot I think it's pretty neat!<br/><br/>Joe<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad</td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Printed Kort Nozzle <br>
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<td valign="top"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div id="yiv1181349356"><div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Joe,<div id="yiv1181349356"><div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" class="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_1_1383874403256_3854"><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_1_1383874403256_2468"></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">I was re thinking your idea of a printed Kort nozzle.</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">There are printer kits for $900- that would do the
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id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.3dstuffmaker.com/">http://www.3dstuffmaker.com/</a><br></div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">The ABS printer cable I've seen selling for about $1- an ounce.</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">The $899- version in the above link could possibly be big enough to print</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">the nozzle in one shot. If not then print it in sections & glue together.</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">My idea is to print the nozzle hollow with an egg shell wall thickness & fill it with</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">a fiber reinforced epoxy resin. The resin may need a few pours to allow for contractions</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">in the resin while setting.</div><div
id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">Maybe under
$30- in materials.</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">I am not at the point where I need this & neither are you, but I think this idea still</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">holds a lot of promise.</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11">Regards Alan</div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11"><br></div><div id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11"><br></div></div></div></div></div></td>
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