On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> Yes, I know it's nice to be able to make replacement parts (one day
> there will be no more spares), which is why I intend to investigate
> injection moulding at home.
If only we had Star Trek's replicators!
I'd say that personal manufacturing is bound only to get easier and less
expensive. Some day, even before the advent of replicators, it will be
feasible and cheap to build most any replacement part. I would expect
that to have a revolutionary effect on many fields of old stuff
collecting.
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss_at_subatomix.com
Received on Sat Aug 25 2001 - 21:34:20 BST