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I've mentioned before (briefly) about trying to get a balisong made from a rapid prototype machine owned by MSOE (milwaukee school of engineering). For those of you out there who may not be familiar with a RPM, it's essentially a 3 dimensial printer of sorts. It creates a solid object by laying down layer after layer of whatever material you want to use, all from a CAD drawing. It uses a laser and is acurate up to 1/20,000 of an inch (depending on material). It allows otherwise "impossible" objects to be made, like a solid ball inside of a solid sphere. Instead of the blade being attached to the handles with a seperate pin, I could make the pin and handles one solid piece and create a blade around it. It wouldn't hold a great edge, but it WOULD be great for manipulating (and "printing" off as many copies as I wanted 
) This project may end up kuputz if I find the cost to be to high 
, but if not, I may have an interesting bali on my hands.
How should I figure the handle to blade ratio to get a balanced feel. Figuring that the blade and handles will be the same material, what kind of length and weight should I expect to work best? What's an acceptable ratio?
) This project may end up kuputz if I find the cost to be to high , but if not, I may have an interesting bali on my hands.How should I figure the handle to blade ratio to get a balanced feel. Figuring that the blade and handles will be the same material, what kind of length and weight should I expect to work best? What's an acceptable ratio?
