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Ask HN: I want to build a store that prints 3D printed furniture.
I'd like to see what I get to build, customize it, and watch it being shaped. I think that would be a cool experience.
Thoughts?
- lutusp 13y agoA 3D printer large enough to make furniture parts isn't likely to be available for less than a fortune, at least not in the near term. A decade from now, this business plan is more plausible. Link: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/objet1000-can-3-d-print-entire-bicycle-frame http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/objet1000-c... Quote: "... has a build volume of roughly 40 inches by 31 inches by 20 inches, far larger than the print area of even the most generous desktop 3-D printers. Then again, as you can see in the video above, the Objet1000 is no desktop printer. At $800,000, it doesn’t retail quite like a Makerbot either."
- lowglow 13y agoWasn't this the same popular belief about rockets before someone tried to prove the people wrong?
- shiftpgdn 13y ago3d print or CNC? Most furniture is CNC built these days unless it's an ultra 1-off craftsman piece. It's pretty neat what CNC machines can do on wood. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxq3piGChg4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxq3piGChg4
- lowglow 13y ago3D Printed. I think being able to watch your own furniture be built from the ground up would be pretty cool.