Materials/Appropriate Machines
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Different processes are optimized for different materials. A carpenter, a machinist, and a bronze sculptor have different tooling and workflows.
Also, we need to distinguish between 2D, 2D+1, and 3D form factors for the end object.
Wood: rotary tool, laser, hand tools Metal: rotary tool, plasma, electro-chemical etching, non-ferrous metal casting PCB: rotary tool, innumerable Plastic: reprap, rotary tool, laser, Bronze: rotary tool (mabye), lost wax casting Epoxy Granite: casting Glass: lost wax casting Wax/Plastic: RepRap, rotary tool, hand tools, casting.
