I'm completly bewildered by the current 3D printing fandom. Every FDM print I've see just looks... off. I certainly am impressed people can make these things ca

I'm completly bewildered by the current 3D printing fandom. Every FDM print I've see just looks... off. I certainly am impressed people can make these things casually, but from an aesthetic and even practical point of view, it just looks terrible. I can't imagine using it for some of the more interesting use cases I hear about like replacing a cosmetic part in your car or house. I spent a bit of time on 3d printing forums and from what I can tell its just figurine printing and hobbyist screwing around. These photos are very telling: http://maukcc.blogspot.com/2013/03/comparison-between-sla-and-fdm.html http://maukcc.blogspot.com/2013/03/comparison-between-sla-an... A low price SLA would be a serious game changer. The Kudo3D project will be interesting to watch. I'd much rather spend $2000 on something that prints beautifully than $600 on something that will print "piled spaghetti." Interesting comment from the Kudo3D person on reddit with some details: http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/25teeg/kudo3d_celebratory_tshirt_contest/chmt25g http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/25teeg/kudo3d_ce...