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Fabbing does pay (?)

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Thu, 2013-08-01 16:59
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Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Fabbing does pay (?)
Interesting paper attempting to show that even current open source 3D printers can pay for themselves: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957415813001153 Now, as the comments in the slashdot thread quickly find out, the methodology is probably pretty flawed (a few very expensive items skew the conclusion): http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/08/01/0019259/study-finds-3d-printers-... Still, it is not hard to guess that 3D printers will take over some niches fairly rapidly. I was impressed today when playing with my brother's kids to find a set of weird wings for their lego minifigs: dad had just printed them, and at least for this kind of piece the tolerances of his first generation makerbot are OK. (Lego pieces are surprisingly exact objects)
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Fri, 2013-08-02 13:46
The Doctor The Doctor's picture
Arenamontanus wrote:Still, it
Arenamontanus wrote:
Still, it is not hard to guess that 3D printers will take over some niches fairly rapidly.
For example, some grinders in DC are using their 'printer to make scaffolds and tiaras for electrode arrays.
Arenamontanus wrote:
I was impressed today when playing with my brother's kids to find a set of weird wings for their lego minifigs: dad had just printed them, and at least for this kind of piece the tolerances of his first generation makerbot are OK. (Lego pieces are surprisingly exact objects)
That is not so surprising. Makerbots have improved in resolution steadily over the years. The latest models from Makerbot have a print resolution of around 0.1mm ([url=https://drwho.virtadpt.net/pictures/hope-9/IMG_3084.JPG]proof here[/url] (yes, I should have used Macro mode on my camera)).
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