3D printing is neat, but it has to come a bit further before it could be applied to that, I think.
However, if it could 'print' metal parts, then it would be rather convenient in other aspects besides horn playing. Think of the money I could save in car repairs. -William -----Original Message----- From: Hans Pizka <hpi...@me.com> To: The Horn List <horn@memphis.edu> Sent: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 1:41 am Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Stuff of Late Why not 3D printing it ? Easy to carry, no maintenance, easy recycling, cheap mass production. Well, it requests a certain investment, but there are facilities, where you just leave the design & they do the job for you. Further more, you have all the color choice from yellow over golden & red to green (!), blue, brown & black, not to forget pink. Think about that method. ########################################## Am 17.08.2011 um 05:30 schrieb Luke Zyla: > Kendall, > > How about making some of the parts out of plastic. Valve slides, cylindrical parts of the horn? Have you seen the pBone? > http://store.osmun.com/browse.cfm/pbone-plastic-trombone/4,2340.html > > Might make the horn lighter than a snowblower. > > Luke Zyla > > On Aug 16, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Kendall Betts wrote: >> Bruce Lawson and I have the acoustic for a Lawson >> triple worked out that should play well on all 3 sides as there will be no >> straight sections where there should be tapers but the engineering of it is >> a big problem to reduce weight. We are looking at lighter materials for the >> valve set and perhaps other parts. Compatibility with adhesion to brass >> alloys and lubrication are a problem but we are working on it. This design, >> if successful, will be somewhat revolutionary compared to what's out there >> now. I'm hoping to have a prototype done by the end of the year which >> hopefully will weigh less than a Honda (not the car, the snowblower). > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
