3d Frame "Printing"

[rbaker]

A few recent post discussed 3D printing and their possible use to produce frames locally. Here are a few articles which discuss this technology:

http://techcrunch.com/tag/3d-printing/

[Jacqui]

Lots of talk about this on Facebook too. Several of us are about ready to try it.

[rbaker]

As far as I can discern there is not a single material that would serve as an ophthalmic frame. About the closest characteristics are found in ABS and I cant imagin trying to glaze or adjust an ABS frame.

[Jacqui]

Mykita is using a polyamide material commercially and it seems to be quite nice for the job. ABS is being used by some, but I agree it isn't all that good.