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Richard Schaumloffel <[log in to unmask]>
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>I seem to recall reading here about jacks made with a 3D printer.

>Has anyone tried to make guides and registers this way? What would be 
>the drawbacks, other than aesthetical and ethical? If I had to have 
>plastic in an instrument, I'd rather have it in the guides than in the 
>jacks.

Firstly I would avoid plastic in a harpsichord like the plague, except of course for plectra. The jacks for a Zuckermann I saw were laser cut not printed. A nicer option would be using CNC cutting at least for registers and possibly jacks, I have seen CNC cut violin bridges without the nasty burnt edges from the laser. Of course laser or water jet cutting is appropriate for cutting metal parts such as fancy hinges.

Richard

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