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3D Printing in Stone, or Copy a Sculpture in Rock

An anonymous reader writes "With all this design your own parts and electronics talk lately here on /., what about creating your own stone sculpture on a PC or Copying a Stone Sculpture? You can do that with an outfit called Studio Roc in CA. The New York Times has an interesting article on this marriage of CAD, laser scanning, and rocks. 'Using a huge Italian-made Omag Mill5 five-axis milling machine equipped with a scanner and 30 interchangeable diamond-tipped bits and blades, the Mill5 can record nearly any object in minutes and carve a duplicate in any stone in a few hours.'"

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  1. Re:Question on the cutting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    please show me links to your sci-fi laser that can easily and quickly cut through stone as well as stop cutting within millimeters in a plunge cut.

    Oh wait IT DONT EXIST.

    maybe that is the reason?? Please stop watching Science Fiction and start reading about science. it will make you smarter.

  2. Re:Imagine the possibilities by (TK4)Dessimat0r · · Score: -1, Troll

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