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I seem to remember having a K'NEX toy with similarly shaped plastic chain link
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possibly cast them out of metal in the future, maybe tin or one of the low melting point solder alloys
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Well I was imagining a modified design which requires no overhangs (or limit it to overhangs which could be created by gap-spanning as Nophead has displayed)
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As to the bit about removing support struts from a hundred little chain links, I did suggest casting them
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If you cast a few of em, you can use those to make a tree mold
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I think we can design a time-efficient process, though. Don't forget that casting is used for mass manufacturing.
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Well, if you design it just right, cutting a part away from the tree could be as quick and simple as making one snip with scizzors/wire cutters/whatnot
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