paul might be interesting to look ,there are located in
Florida


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Jean Prudhomme

Next Engine has been selling a $3000 box to do this. :)
https://www.nextengine.com/indexSecure.htm
They are based out of Santa Monica, CA.

Jay Leno has an example of 3D scan and print(!!!) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggvzcGdZsTc

Did spot this article:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/archive/cosmo_shell.shtml

Tom Walter