Gravity isn't an issue for the basic process.

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TB — 10/14/2014 5:37:25 PM (archived)

Most 3D extrusion printers force a line of molten thermoplastic onto the object under pressure, where it cools into a solid, not dries. I suspect any modifications for zero g were on other components of the printer.

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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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