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I don't see a lot of companies doing this in the near future. Most of the products out there are made in different materials and most companies consider their
by _k 14y ago
I don't see a lot of companies doing this in the near future.
Most of the products out there are made in different materials and most companies consider their CAD drawings to be their IP. You might as well partner up with a Chinese company and let them copy your product.
I have 2 questions:
What's the cost to print one of those components ?
And if every component can be 3D printed, how do you make money ?
- jlarocco 14y agoA lot of the 3D printing as a service sites allow you to choose the material. Obviously it's limited to materials that can be 3D printed, but most support some plastic, ceramic, and metal. [1] The price per part depends on the material and the size of the part. In this case, the parts were linked in the article [2]. It looks like $2-$5 per part, depending on the material. It didn't say all of the parts were 3D printable, and from the looks of it, they've only put up STL files for the boring parts. It would take a good CAD person less than 10 minutes to reproduce most of the parts they have listed, generate their own STL, and have it 3D printed anyway. [1] http://www.shapeways.com/materials http://www.shapeways.com/materials [2] http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=acc+stl http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=acc+stl
- danielweber 14y ago"Buttons" sound like a complement to the synthesizer's business. If buttons become super-cheap for their customers, their customers will buy more synthesizers, without the need for the company to maintain any kind of inventory or fulfillment for replacement parts. There is the "sell the razor for free and make up for it on the blades" model that completely doesn't work if customers can print their own blades, but this company doesn't seem to be using that model.