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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by pen2l on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @05:25PM (#9542079)
Okay... so what would you scan and make?

Consider everyday things around you: smartphones, laptops, etc. None of these can be 3dprinted. Things you can 3d print are... smartphone cover, smartphone stand... things you can afford to be plastic in its entirety. I think you guys are overestimating what 3dprinters are capable of. There's a lot of tinkering required to create anything of even moderate complication. And it's almost always cheaper to just buy it if it's available at the store, because the printer costs and the consumables (pla, abs or whatever filament) costs, and time costs.

Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by nradov on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:03PM (#9542772)
You can't even 3D print a good smartphone cover. The one I use was injection molded to very tight tolerances and involves multiple different kinds of plastic joined together. Let's see a 3D printer do that.
Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by toomuchtodo on Thursday May 14, 2015 @09:16PM (#9548460)
Several 3D printers exist that can change materials mid-print. Resolution continues to increase every year.