Print with sand at $160 a ton

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Print with sand at $160 a ton

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Chinese come up with another first: http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/06/1 ... -in-china/
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Lawn donkeys!
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Hey, don't mock the lawn donkey. That particular donkey has its own Wikipedia page.
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That's interesting but printing with sand brings its own hazards.

sand has silicate in it, when the dust is fine enough it can get into your lungs and cause problems. I'd be more concerned about this than abs or pla.
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I'm dead meat then. I was on the beach for a couple of miles each day.
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theres a solar powered sand printer around teh interwebz
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tom10122 wrote:theres a solar powered sand printer around teh interwebz
http://www.markuskayser.com/work/solarsinter/
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