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Automatic Machine Tools Can Cut Any Structural Metal to Almost Any Shape.

Alternatively, use an automated machine tool to make the part out of wax. Put a sturdy soft ceramic around the wax and bake, vaporizing the wax. Then you have a (potentially re-usable) mold for metal.

Another alternative, have the tool cut the mold from a couple of blocks of a material suitable for casting the metal in question, then make all the precision cast replicas you want.

David F Mayer

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