[LINK] 3D Print Toilet Parts to Save the Planet?

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

Pirate Bay has already started a category for 3d model plans:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/pirate-bay-physibles-category-3d-printers/

And some Canadians are working on a home plastic recycler to provide
feedstock:
http://www.springwise.com/style_design/recyclables-3d-printing-affordable/

Regards,
Michael Skeggs


On 25 January 2013 12:01, Jim Birch <planetjim at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 January 2013 17:42, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Great for reproducing toy parts and toy soldiers, but little else that
> > needs
> > to be subject to extreme pressure or force.
> >
>
> Or repeated flexing.  Or temperature cycling, impact, abrasion, corrosion,
> contact with fluids, etc.
>
> The original vulcanisation patents were issued in 1844 and innovation has
> been going on ever since, ramping up with the plastics explosion from
> around the 1950s resulting in thousands of different plastics.  In addition
> to feed material, variations in the fabrication process, especially
> temperature, have profound effects on the durability and flexibility of the
> product.
>
> AFAIK current 3d printers use one feed stock and one process.
>
> Jim
>
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