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Re:3D Printing is for more than making brightly colored plas... by lmm on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @05:09AM (#10776827)
I'm thinking if I want to spend a bit of money on a computer-controlled making gadget I'd probably do better with a laser cutter. That covers a lot of cases (e.g. a gear should be just as easy on one of those as with a 3D printer, right?), and my impression is that the people I know with those tend to make more useful things than those with 3D printers, largely because of the material flexibility. Am I missing something?
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Re:3D Printing is for more than making brightly colored plas... by jdietrich on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @09:43AM (#10777975)
Very much so. At my local hack space there's a week long waiting list to use the laser cutter, while the 3D printer gathers dust.
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