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Old 01-16-2006, 02:06 AM
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You need a very big Sinter Station...

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Old 01-17-2006, 12:32 AM
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Hey, if you are going to machine up a large lump of foam anyway, then just make it a female mold.

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Old 01-17-2006, 03:27 AM
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Reading Pro Boat builder I see the latest builders get a blank of foam machined full size and get a mold made from that.
...So Could we construct a boat by having the chopper gun ALSO computer controlled (no to thick or thin spots) and simply spraying glass on the outside of the plug?

After cure the cutting head could remove the interior foam , as its not structural....FAST FRED
This will be a very expensive method. Making a mold use to cost some hundred thousand dollars. This is justified if you plan to make several boats from that mold.

I beleive in laser cutting the frames and other internal structure and then make the skin of plywood over stringers or strip planking. Then you save a lot of work, remember the hull is the least expensive part of a boat.
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