[Robotgroup] Robotgroup Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1

[Andre Lamothe]

Do you guys know about this site? Just launched I think:

http://www.roboticstrends.com/

Andre'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Emes" <kyojin at gmail.com>
To: <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Robotgroup Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1


>    1. Roto Molding? (Vern Graner)
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:48:42 -0600
> From: Vern Graner <vern at txis.com>
> Subject: [Robotgroup] Roto Molding?
>
> http://www.solsylva.com/cnc/rotomold.html
> Interesting device to make stuff. Seems a nice alternate/compliment to 
> vacuform. :)
> Vern

Wow!  I remember having a hand-crank plaster of paris rotomold for
making creepy monster heads when I was a kid.  Apparently, I'm not the
only one who had one.

http://www.drtoy.com/ask_drtoy/ask_drtoy_p_to_r.html
<quote>PLASTER OF PARIS MONSTER MACHINE
I am trying to find the name of a great toy I had as a child, to give
to my son.
It is used for making hollow plaster of Paris busts and money-boxes of 
Dracula,
Frankenstein, werewolf etc. It was available sometime in the late 70's to 
early
80's, I thought it's name was something like "Monster Machine" or
"Monster Factory"
and I think it was made by Mattel but I cannot find any reference
anywhere on the
web.</quote>

Running a motor would sure beat cranking by hand (because it took 10-15 
minutes
of turning IIRC to make it work well).
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