"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Fiber optic cables might even make the setup more accurate.
>
> I love the whole idea! Any technology that reduces our need for petroleum
> products is OK in my book :)
>
> Sam
>
>
http://blog.stylesight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dezeen_The-Solar-Sinter-by-Markus-Kayser_08.jpg
> http://www.robaid.com/wp-content/gallery/art-n-tech/solar-sinter.jpg
>
http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_The-Solar-Sinter-by-Markus-Kayser_09.jpg
>
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zXQCLKLbX9Y/TiBAvhOq9KI/AAAAAAAAATc/FqUYKP9hV9I/s1600/IMG_1218.JPG

The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is getting a beam of the
right intensity without melting the optical fibre.  The temperature at the focus
would have to be somewhere between 500 and 1500c


Regards,
A.D.B.

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