hadn't thought of legos as toner before

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SDG — 10/8/2014 6:16:05 PM (archived)

though I'm pretty sure the plastic comes on spools...

Speaking of legos, I heard that the designers at Lego (once their creation is documented) just have them melted down and turned back into legos at the factory rather than disassembling them and trying to sort back into bins. This because its more cost effective.

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ISS gets its first replicator - SDG - 10/8/2014 4:41:21 PM
- A Mom's Nightmare . . . - DanS - 10/8/2014 5:19:26 PM
  - hadn't thought of legos as toner before - SDG - 10/8/2014 6:16:05 PM
    - ..."this printer had to be specially built to function in a zero-gravity environment" . . . - DanS - 10/8/2014 6:36:50 PM
      - clamp it to a workbench? - SDG - 10/8/2014 9:07:46 PM
        
        I meant the "laying down of layers" in a micro-G environ. (n/t) - DanS - 10/9/2014 12:22:14 PM
        
        surface tension - SDG - 10/9/2014 2:44:21 PM
        
        Good point . . . - DanS - 10/9/2014 3:43:19 PM
        
        By interesting experiments... - SDG - 10/9/2014 11:21:46 PM
        
        But anyway . . . - DanS - 10/14/2014 2:44:16 PM
        
        Gravity isn't an issue for the basic process. - TB - 10/14/2014 5:37:25 PM
        
        That makes sense. Thx, TB. (n/t) - DanS - 10/14/2014 9:25:15 PM
        
        Cool stuff . . . ! - DanS - 10/10/2014 5:11:05 PM

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