Quote Originally Posted by Geoff View Post
Hmm I want one .. bad!

The only issue I see that would scare me a little is the glass powder, I asked one of the engineers at shapeways once why everyone is so careful with the powder, can't you just pull it out and dust it off with a brush? rather than the sealed chamber with the air compressor, the really fine removal of the powder etc ... he said if you breathe just one breath of that stuff in, you can kiss your lungs goodbye.. its death.
Wow, that's pretty scary stuff. I would think that your lungs could process it out. I mean after all, construction workers breath in all kinds of things on a daily basis.