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Re: Support material speculation - 17 years ago
You know...you could just build your fabber in a chest freezer, then use water as the support material... :>by Roach_S - Polymer Working Group
Re: Limit to self replication - 17 years ago
The way I see it, you'd have to do a paper-scissors-rock approach. Any one material either won't withstand its own manufacturing process, or will "gunk up" with the material it is manipulating. An alternate material, however, might both tolerate the conditions, and stay clean(er). One idea for doing metals might be a wire-feed welder. The problem with this, and probably with your laser sinteriby Roach_S - General