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6/27/2025, 10:25:39 PM
>>105720701
I use it for my work and uni. I have never printed anything I've downloaded and I agree you are deranged if you view a 3D printer as a local and decentralized means of manufature.
But:
If anything approaches slightly complex geometry and I can not continue my chosen roure of development without the part I choose to 3dp it, at least to test things.
Consider picrel. If I was to make it with the means available to me I'd set up a generating mechanism on a shaper. Cut and turn the blank, set it up and cut the part. Setup alone would be alot of effort and time.
Alternatively I could order it from a CNC shop that is better equipped than me. In my country at least that's not a fast process from order to delivery. And expensive.
With 3DP I whip it up in CAD and my shitty old 2nd hand printer goes brrrrt and turns a meter of the cheapest filament on ebay into something I can at least evaluate in a few hours. Meanwhile I can do some housekeeping on the project.
I must say I am critical of and don't want to be associated with the stereotypical 3d printer guy, constantly tinkering with their printer, printing as a means to its own end, printing 'improvements' for their printer, acquiring a tool only to then manufacture a purpose for it, believing they can download and 3DP quality consumer grade products. Thats retardation and misses the point:/High level of customization and rapid prototyping.
I use it for my work and uni. I have never printed anything I've downloaded and I agree you are deranged if you view a 3D printer as a local and decentralized means of manufature.
But:
If anything approaches slightly complex geometry and I can not continue my chosen roure of development without the part I choose to 3dp it, at least to test things.
Consider picrel. If I was to make it with the means available to me I'd set up a generating mechanism on a shaper. Cut and turn the blank, set it up and cut the part. Setup alone would be alot of effort and time.
Alternatively I could order it from a CNC shop that is better equipped than me. In my country at least that's not a fast process from order to delivery. And expensive.
With 3DP I whip it up in CAD and my shitty old 2nd hand printer goes brrrrt and turns a meter of the cheapest filament on ebay into something I can at least evaluate in a few hours. Meanwhile I can do some housekeeping on the project.
I must say I am critical of and don't want to be associated with the stereotypical 3d printer guy, constantly tinkering with their printer, printing as a means to its own end, printing 'improvements' for their printer, acquiring a tool only to then manufacture a purpose for it, believing they can download and 3DP quality consumer grade products. Thats retardation and misses the point:/High level of customization and rapid prototyping.
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