[TML] Molding Ships, was Re: Honor 'Just call me Horatio' Harrington wasRe:Environmental domes

[Richard Aiken]

On 9/9/07, Garry Ward <garry.e.ward at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Take asteriod, core out a section that matches the outer profile of the
> ship.
>
> Take the removed core and carve it to match the interior hull surface (no
> rooms or corridors, just the interior surface of the hull).

Postulate: You are using nickel-iron asteroidal material, since it has
to stand up to the heat of the molten steel without cracking or
deforming.

So . . . how are you getting the inner form out of the finished ship?
If it's tough enough to hold up against molten steel, it's going to be
a tad difficult to chip out.

NOTE: The vibration idea is a good one, though.  But you wouldn't need
a seperate device.  You could do it by pulsing the grav field
generator.

-- 
Richard Aiken

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