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5K is a bit much for an individual. But a great business idea would a small shop, that owns one of these and sells its use. You send them your plans, come in
by biohacker42 18y ago
5K is a bit much for an individual.
But a great business idea would a small shop, that owns one of these and sells its use.
You send them your plans, come in the next day and pick up the part.
It would be like a neighborhood factory, that manufactures anything you want.
- Retric 18y agoIt can build a 5x5x5 inch cube, but at 1$/cubic inch it would cost you ~125$ to do so. Depending on size and tolerances I think it would be an excellent way to prototype things like mice, but it's still far from cheep to use.
- wmf 18y agoOf course, most designs are smaller than a cube and hollow objects are much cheaper.
- adnam 18y agoI had a friend that used to sell these - they were going for about 30k each; unfortunately they didn't sell enough so had to stop. He told me about a woman who runs a business making busts of people's heads.
- kirse 18y agoBustin' skulls is now a legitimate business?
- bootload 18y ago"... But a great business idea would a small shop, that owns one of these and sells its use. You send them your plans, come in the next day and pick up the part. ..." You mean something like this ~ http://www.shapeways.com http://www.shapeways.com Shapeways allows you to make some pretty interesting 3D things. You can read more about them in their blog ~ http://www.shapeways.com/blog/ http://www.shapeways.com/blog/ If you have taken a classes in polymer chemistry you will have fun choosing the materials, the properties of those materials & associated costs when you choose to construct your "thing" ~ http://www.shapeways.com/about/material-options http://www.shapeways.com/about/material-options