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<\/center><\/p>\nVik has been at it again. From Vik Olliver’s entry on the RepRap blog<\/a>: <\/p>\n It was during the process of explaining what we wanted it for that I tried to demonstrate a carriage mechanism, and walloped a saddle together out of Polymorph that sat around a ground steel bar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Crude but effective.<\/p>\n And before anyone makes some snide comment, I wonder how many people have seen a “first shot” part created with an injection mold<\/a> (the thing that makes most of the plastic stuff in people’s homes). It’s rarely a pretty sight, and from first shot to production quality part can take quite a bit of time, trial and error – even though the tool alone often costs tens of thousands of dollars (that’s in addition to the injection molding machine itself which is much more expensive). I’d say under the circumstances, this is looking pretty remarkable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vik has been at it again. From Vik Olliver’s entry on the RepRap blog: It was during the process of explaining what we wanted it for that I tried to demonstrate a carriage mechanism, and walloped a saddle together out … Continue reading