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For a 3-D printer to be useful to a home consumer a bunch of non-obvious conditions have to be met- 1- You have a need for an object you can't pick up at Home
by panzagl 11y ago
For a 3-D printer to be useful to a home consumer a bunch of non-obvious conditions have to be met-
1- You have a need for an object you can't pick up at Home Depot, dollar store, etc.
2- You need the skills to model it in a 3-D program and make it suitable for printing.
3- You need to not have the skills to make it some other way- whether in wood, metal, or clay.
I think the combination of 1 and 3 is probably the real killer- all the hobbyist model makers, cosplayers, etc who would have the most use for one already have the skills and tools to make stuff in other ways.
- philrapo 11y agoWhat about: 4. 3-D models are available for purchase to instantly print an item in any dimensions you'd like.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThat's really not a separate requirement (4) so much as an alternative to #2 (and an overspecified alternative, giving the "for purchase" part.)
- Htsthbjig 11y ago1- You download already made objects at youmagine, thingiverse or github. 2- You need to load your model and press a button that says "print". 3- You can make objects any other way in wood, metal or clay and 3d scan it to make it digital. E.g Cars are regularly designed on clay, and 3d scanned to make a computer model that you can replicate forever and edit in the computer. I could spend hours carving wood or drilling, milling, lathing it. But all this work has to be replicated if I need another piece. Digitalization means anyone, anywhere could replicate my piece(or analyze in a CAM, CAE program).