<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I've seen something similar, however, I doubt you would be able to apply much torque with that printed wrench. The 3D printers are limited by the material they can print with.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 9/15/11, ronlock@comcast.net <I><ronlock@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Jay Leno visited a machine shop where they demo'd printing of a cresent wrench.</DIV>
<DIV>The printing process made the wrench with the moving adjustable parts already assembled.</DIV>
<DIV>They did not mention how long it took the printer.</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From: </B>"Keith Hoard" <khoard@gmail.com><BR><B>To: </B>"General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><B>Sent: </B>Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:10:49 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 3D Printed UAV Article...<BR><BR>I read an article where "they" are trying to develop the technology to 3D print a house. <BR clear=all><BR>Keith Hoard<BR>Collierville, TN<BR><A href="http://us.mc11.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=khoard@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:khoard@gmail.com">khoard@gmail.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=yiv963582319gmail_quote>On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Richard Lewis <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc11.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=humptybump@sbcglobal.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:humptybump@sbcglobal.net">humptybump@sbcglobal.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>There was a recent discussion here regarding 3D printers, etc....I saw this article and thought it might be of interest to some of you...</DIV>
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