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Old 28-03-17, 16:25
Bob Carriere Bob Carriere is offline
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Default Impressed.....absolutely fantastic.......

I have seen better truck parts scrapped.

You have to be the most courageous and skillful restorer around. You are probably correct in assuming that you can replicate the boxy shape required to hold the gears in place the old fashion way.

Jay Leno, the California ex-night show host has a fantastic collection of vehicles and older TV programs on U tube...... one showing how they had a totally corroded complex valve cover recast using a scan from the old part. Now the guy is a millionaire and can afford to use the latest technology.

There was a press release recently on TV about the only two in the world 3D printer that are certified to make airplane components.. One is at GE the other is a joint venture between the University of Montreal and funding from the New York state............ they claim that eventually when it becomes more readily available and less pricey that it may revolutionize the manufacturing industry. They can produce, complex rare alloy titanium 3D parts from design to a finished machined product in 30% of the time needed in normal production with a saving of 30% on cost.

At the other end of the scale a local Hobby shop has a table top 3D printer made by Dremel that will make to whatever scale you need small parts for RC airplanes, boats, cars on demand...... he was making a replacement gear for a client when I was there......charges time plus material. Most of what he produces is already available on the web in digital form which he just downloads...... such as the upper torso of a pilot for a RC plane..... he scales it to the planes size with just a click....... he does not have a much needed scanner yet.

He had produced some mortar rounds for a local collector and one assembaled, the fins had to be done separately, and suitably painted they would scare a bomb disposal squad.

May we live long enough to see them reproduce a full size CMP......

Bob C
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