Methods of subtractively manufacturing a plurality of discrete objects from a single workpiece using a removable fixating material

A method of manufacturing a plurality of discrete objects, wherein each discrete object represents at least a partially completed form of at least a part of a finished product, from a body of material having a first side and a second side spaced from the first side, wherein the discrete objects are defined by through-spaces in the body of material extending from the first side to the second side after performing the method, the method comprising:

• forming, by subtractive manufacturing, valleys in the body of material on the first side of the body of material so as to leave interconnecting portions of the body of material that interconnect the plurality of objects to one another, wherein the valleys form portions of the through spaces, wherein the forming of the valleys and interconnecting portions transforms the body of material into a workpiece of interconnected structures comprising precursors to the discrete objects;
• locating a temporary frame laterally surrounding an object region of the body from which all of the discrete objects will be manufactured;
• installing a removable fixating material into the valleys so as to laterally surround the discrete objects and be in contact with the temporary frame so as to form a stabilized workpiece;
• after the fixating material has hardened, removing, using subtractive manufacturing, the interconnecting portions of the stabilized workpiece;
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• after removing the interconnecting portions, removing the removable fixating material so as to liberate the plurality of objects from one another.