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Wow, this is really cool but they all have one huge caveat: "You need to learn how to use a 3D design program like..." What a huge opportunity for an enterpris
by run4yourlives 18y ago
Wow, this is really cool but they all have one huge caveat: "You need to learn how to use a 3D design program like..."
What a huge opportunity for an enterprising businessperson: Send us a broken part, we'll make you another. No design skills needed!
- stcredzero 18y agoBetter yet, be the middleman! Implement a marketplace where people needing a part can hook up with people willing to fabricate it. Outsource the actual work and the fulfillment and the risk, and just take a small cut of each transaction.
- run4yourlives 18y agoWell, that's what I was thinking... If you have the 3D design knowledge, you could use these services, spec the part, then offer this it up for people that have broken plastic pieces around the house. Hell, most of it is probably already spec'd in a manual somewhere, and just needs to be obtained.
- HeyLaughingBoy 18y agoYes, but you'd have to outsource it to someplace really cheap. The 3D CAD work to draw up that part for your $300 lawnmower can cost $300 just for the drawing alone. Same reason nobody repairs TVs for a living any more.