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Originally Posted by Joyride_67_1902
By your definition of Manufacturing cutting any raw material E.G. Everything including plastic spacers and extrusion and sheet mentioned in rule 2.b. is considered illegal. ...
The better wording of this rule would consist something along the lines of:
"Raw Material (e.g. metal, plastic, etc.) provided that it is readily available to all teams from
standard distributors (e.g. McMaster-Carr, Home Depot, Grainger, etc.). The definition of
Raw Material are items before being processed or manufactured into a functional form - insert something about fabrication here. "
- Andrew
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Ah, perhaps this helps me to figure out why we took a few posts to understand each other. You are allowed to cut (or process or manufacture) the items in 2.b.1 as they don't have to be covered by 2.d.1. They aren't "Raw material" they are "plastic or metal sheet".
The key part here is that we both agree that 3D printing is good, should be included in the rules, was intended to be included in the rules, but that the rules could be better written to include it as an option.
So now that we've kind of beaten the 3D printing thing to death, let me suggest that something even cooler than 3D printing is the ability to use basically unlimited aluminum or steel sheet on a waterjet. Oh, sure... you'll have to ask around to find someone local who'll let you use theirs (try mechanical engineering or manufacturing programs) but if you are already good at 3D CAD, then the possibilities are just about endless if you can talk them into a half hour of waterjet time.
Jason