Jim,
If you have a place close to you (there are a few around, I know of one in
NYC) but you can go in to a hacker space and use their 3D printer. They
print in ABS and PLA plastics.
I'm sure for a few "club Montes" (the unofficial soda of hacker spaces)
you can even get a regular there scan it and print it for you. They can
even change the design to make it beefier. (and you can get a copy of the
file to print out more later.
I'm thinking of buying a 3D printer myself, but I can't find one that
meets my needs.
Failing that, I'd love to hear how that plastic welder works. I've seen
it many times and have been tempted myself.
Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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