Hi Dave, I don't want to derail Andre's topic, but I think his model brings up the point that S scale is the perfect group to support the state of the art scanning & prototype casting methods in use today. S scale is hungry for new products and the technology is in place for relatively easy low volume production. I don't have a manufacturing background, but I have read quite a bit about what can be done and I have worked for software companies that wrote code for the CAD/CAM industry. Seems like a niche waiting to be filled to me. Of course, just my 2 cents.
Sorry Andre... Keep up the good work. Regards, Jonathan Blogs: http://RailfanX.blogspot.com and http://cloudvirt.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jonnyspeed Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jhatfield From: LBR Photo Cards, Dave Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} My Quest for a Better PA Jonathan, Funny you should mention the scanning & prototype casting. We are considering getting started in this field in a few months. Perhaps this group would like to have us work for them, huh? Dave LBR Enterprises, llc --- On Tue, 8/23/11, Jonathan Hatfield <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jonathan Hatfield <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} My Quest for a Better PA To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 11:00 AM Hi Andre, That is looking really good! You know, when you are finished with the hybrid shell you could send it out to a company that has a 3D scanner to get it scanned in and converted to a CAD file that could then be sent to a Rapid Prototype machine. I'm not sure what the cost would be, or the legal ramifications but that would be all you need to start low volume production of the new improved shells. Probably not legally possible, but it would be cool. I'd be in for a PA or two and a couple FA shells as well. Regards, Jonathan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
