Jim Dodds

Many of you all knew and admired Jim Dodds, formerly of Numeritronix, Numerilease, Bendix, Given and other companies. He passed away recently and here is a link that Laureen found to his obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/venturacountystar/obituary.aspx?n=james-melvin-dodds-jim&pid=169014701&fhid=10656

His funeral will be Saturday, January 18, 2014, as mentioned in the article.

Complete 3D Printed Handgun

Greg R. just sent this to me:

http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/texas-company-produces-worlds-first-3d-printed-metal-handgun/

Can we convert our ZCorp 450 to DMLS?

Vintage Machinery Website

Chris V. found this site. They have nearly 5000 machine tool builders listed:

http://vintagemachinery.org/home.aspx

Take a look here the next time you need a book. He found a complete Monarch 10"EE book there and we downloaded it for a customer.

3D Painting by GE

This process by GE could be VERY helpful to us in the rebuilding/repair business:

http://ge.geglobalresearch.com/blog/its-serendipity-cold-spray-leo/

Can anyone tell me what is different with this and Ace's metal spraying?

DMG/Mori in California

I'd heard about this facility, but not seen any pictures. Wish some of us could have gone to MDays:

http://www.mmsonline.com/blog/post/mdays-showcases-dmg-mori-seikis-davis-campus

I'm REALLY glad to see some investment in California.

DC grid in San Francisco

I had NO idea this was still going on anywhere in the world, let alone San Francisco!

http://m.spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/san-franciscos-secret-dc-grid

Culmination of 4 additive technologies.

OK, this blog is not supposed to be about 3D printing or even additive technology. It's just so interesting. This post from Andy Baluchi sums up several techniques. I'll try to lay off the subject for awhile:

http://bangshift.com/blog/watch-a-large-scale-model-of-a-1927-miller-91-race-car-get-entirely-built-of-3d-printed-parts-truly-amazing.html