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Re:Show HN: Similar 3D-Printer Finder by no_gravity on Sunday March 26, 2017 @12:35PM (#13961586)
It's an interesting idea. To have a picture of the same "thing" printed on all printers. But it would be hard to come by these images. Would have to be crowdsourced somehow.
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Re:Show HN: Similar 3D-Printer Finder by mmcwilliams on Sunday March 26, 2017 @01:12PM (#13961786)
It definitely would require a lot of effort. One method could be to collect data from 3D printer reviewers who do that sort of thing (mostly printing Yoda or something). Another would be to add a user-submitted form for collecting the data, but even as I'm typing that out it seems like a crappy idea.

Obviously all of this is coming from the peanut gallery, and would be a lot of effort to add little value, but I was imagining some kind of enlargement like this: http://tobuya3dprinter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3d-pri...

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Re:Show HN: Similar 3D-Printer Finder by cweagans on Sunday March 26, 2017 @01:35PM (#13961908)
People post their 3d Benchy on reddit (/r/3dprinting) all the time. Might be a good place to start.
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Re:Show HN: Similar 3D-Printer Finder by mmcwilliams on Sunday March 26, 2017 @02:03PM (#13962102)
Oh yeah that's a great idea. I forgot about benchy. Love that boat.
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