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> it's gotten to the point that it makes sense for low-volume runs of simple parts and low-volume runs of complex, expensive parts. Yep! And you can get this t
by jstanley 6y ago
> it's gotten to the point that it makes sense for low-volume runs of simple parts and low-volume runs of complex, expensive parts.
Yep! And you can get this today, from a machine that costs less than a smartphone, and it's clean, it's quiet, it doesn't make swarf, or dust, or smoke, and it fits on your desk! It turns your CAD models into parts in a matter of hours out of material of almost-negligible cost. We are truly living in the future.
If you don't want to make low-volume runs of custom parts, then 3d printing is utterly useless to you. But it is absolutely game-changing for people who do.