I completely agree. I keep hearing people talking about printing electronics, car parts, and all kinds of ridiculous things. Yes you can make plastic stuff and

I completely agree. I keep hearing people talking about printing electronics, car parts, and all kinds of ridiculous things. Yes you can make plastic stuff and molds etc. but no 3d printer is going to be able to make a blueray player or anything that isn't just plastic and looking like it was made to be sold in a dollar store. Sometimes I feel like tech people get focused on new ideas that they overvalue them and don't realize there are other ways to do things. A lot of the stuff I hear people dreaming about can already be done on a CNC milling machines or even on a regular milling machine with a competent machinist. If you want something cool made out of metal draw it up and go to a machine shop. No need to wait for 3d printers to progress to Star Trek functionality (they probably wont in your lifetime).