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Back when guttering for your house had
to be carefully carved out of stone, a
gargoyle was a significant investment
and would take a fair amount of a
skilled stoneworker's time.
Now, guttering is pressed out of
PVC plastic which makes lightweight,
cheap and effective guttering. Given
that guttering can now be
mass-produced cheaply it seems bizarre
that the guttering range available at
your local hardware store doesn't
include PVC plastic gargoyles which
fit easily into your existing
guttering.
http://www.sears.co...ckNo=3&blockType=G3
This is made of resin, and not plastic......hmph....whatever hmph means :-) [xenzag, Sep 11 2017]
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This is awesomely brilliant. |
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They could be unflattering caricatures of unpopular people ... [+] |
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(...or, for completeness, unflattering caricatures of
popular people, flattering caricatures of unpopular
people, or flattering caricatures of popular people) |
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I hate doing this, as it's a fine idea, which is why it already
exists.... I won't puncture it with links and images, but do a
quick image search. |
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I did a quick search before posting this - the
plastic gargoyles I saw were lawn ornaments, not able
to be integrated into guttering, and thus not really
proper gargoyles at all. |
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//This is awesomely brilliant.// |
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I see the monthly bill for estate-wide gargoyle maintenance
remains a sore point. Is moving to PVC not something of a
moral issue? Where next? Double glazed tilt and slide Velux
windows in the great pyramid? |
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Oh no, I didn't mean for the Buchanan estate. We had all the gargoyles replaced just recently, back in fifteen seventy-something. But I have heard that families with smaller budgets are sometimes having to wait months to find a stonemason with reasonable fees. |
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You're lucky to have your own breeding colony in the South-South-West bell tower, then. |
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With a 3-d printer it would be fairly simple to create a hollow shell in sections and glue them together. Then use plaster to make a negative mould, and pour in filled resin. Et viola ! A custom gargoyle. |
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We anticipate that if the desired image is of an evil-looking repulsive little goblin, Jeremy Corbyn will be popular as no "caricature" will be necessary; but for realism, the gargoyle should spout not rainwater, but an endless stream of hot air. |
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Few things say "3D printer" more eloquently than this item |
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A parrot. Mynah birds are simple mimics; parrots* have been shown to be able to coinjoin learned sounds into new formations. This is pretty impressive for a bird with a brain no bigger than a reality TV star's. |
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*Except of course for the Norwegian Blue, which - while noted for its beautiful plumage - is not a great talker. |
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Gargoyles 'must' be made of stone, it's a rule. You'll just have to call your Plargoyles or something. |
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Be careful when forming them as you might inadvertently
get one elected to public office. |
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What [beanangel] said; Rapid Gargoyle prototyping is an application 3D printing is desperately well-placed to perform. |
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It would need a largish printer - your typical gargoyle is a good couple of feet long. |
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"What [beanangel] said" -[marked-for-tagline] |
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