Re: [NTLK] scale drawing of MP2000 case

On May 11, 2007, at 7:41 PM, M. Kowal wrote:

> IF you could get specifications and exact dimensions of the Newton
> MessagePad, Sonny, you could possibly achieve the dream of making
> clear Newton housings. A recent article on the New York Times
> Technology page dicusses a new "three-dimensional" printer. The
> printer uses a halogen heat lamp and plastic pellets to create
> potentilly any three-dimensional plastic solid from a set of
> specifications. Theoretically, one will be able to choose from a
> selection of plastic colors and perhaps aomething close to clear
> will be available.
> The funky "make it so" printer, made by Idea Factory, will cost
> $4,995. Presumably one could hire somebody or borrow their 3-D
> wonder printer.

These printers are all pretty limited in resolution, overlapping
structures, or stability of the result (or multiple of those). It
would likely be easier to CNC-machine a case out of a solid piece of
plastic. The bigger issue is to scan the case in all its detail, but
there are machines and services for that as well.

Matthias

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