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Old 10-28-2011, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
Two thoughts:

[1] Cast polyurethane resin with microballoons (microbulb filler) is light enough to float on water. The nose cones (and boat-tails, body tube adapters, and even scale fins) could be machined out of "blanks" made of microballoon-filled resin.

[2] Maybe those of us who want custom nose cones from Semroc could chip in as a group (along with Carl & Co., if they're interested) to buy one of these machines for/with Semroc? It wouldn't take long for us to order all of the custom parts (not just nose cones) that would make it worth our while (perhaps they could "pay" us in a certain number of free nose cones per subscriber).

If we did something like that, I would suggest going with one of the larger machines. They also have a scanner function, so you can scan an original (oop?) nosecone and copy it. They also are capable of machining metal. Still under 5,000? I think

Then again, the whole reason I was on this company's web page in the first place was because I was following a link for a desktop printer which prints with white ink. It's way too pricey (it prints on anything, like cell phones , wallets etc.) but as long as I'm dreaming.
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