<html><body><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 job.</div><div
id="yiv1181349356yui_3_13_0_8_1383874403256_11"><a 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></body></html>