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To: Sr K who wrote (168)	6/12/2013 12:55:00 PM
From: Doren	1 Recommendation Recommended By IngotWeTrust Respond to of 902

Fascinating. Some parts can take many hours, even days, to get just right. He says it took the shop 33 hours, for instance, to make an aluminum feed-water heater used in a White Steamer. Yes but for the vast majority of parts, once the 3D file is available the part will be available forever. For example my good buddy has a Hudson Hornet. Enough of those are still around to make a file financially feasible. I have an antique bike. Getting parts for old bicyles is just as hard or harder. Then their are aircraft, boats etc etc. Formerly the holy grail for antique buffs was called New Old Stock or NOS. Which means real parts that someone has stored for years but are unused. Someone is going to build up a great mail order business for New New Stock.