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From: gcouger@olesun.okstate.edu (Gordon Couger)
Subject: Re: ____________] Ideas
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In article <1993Apr11.160708.3038@news.sara.nl> Axel Roest <axel@nucleus.phys.uva.nl> writes:
>
>
>In article <1993Apr9.132435.28236@texhrc.uucp> Larry D. Pyeatt,
>pyeatt@Texaco.com writes:
>>In article <4weo2B1w165w@inqmind.bison.mb.ca>, baden@inqmind.bison.mb.ca
>(Baden 
>>de Bari) writes:
>>|>  
>>|>      Just out of curiosity, what could you do with 7 (seven) completely 
>>|> computer-controlled stepper motors?
>>
>>How about a multi-pen, flatbed plotter, able to draw 3 lines at
>>the same time.  The extra stepper could be used to deliver pens
>>to the plotting arms.
>
>What I prefer to a plotter (a laser is easier to obtain nowadays) is a 3D
>sculptor, 
>based on a flat bed plotter. Just hook a small (Dremel) drill to a third-axis
>stepper 
>instead of a pen. The standard arms of the plotter have to be high enough for
>solid
>objects like wood to fit under it. Then you can sculp (?) drawings from the
>computer in 3D!
>
>
Insted of a Dremel tool Build an electro discharge tool and then you could
do your 3d work in Tungstun Carbide if you were so a mind to.

Good luck 
Gordon

Gordon Couger 
Agriculture Engineering Oklahoma State University
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