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    3d printing

    So has anyone bought a 3d printer or been working with said new technology? Anything interesting produced? Costs? Uses?
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

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    BBC News - 3D printing failures shared online

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      #3
      I'd already seen that hence the question. Has ANYONE done anything with it?
      What happens in General, stays in General.
      You know what they say about assumptions!

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        Some say it's worth holding off on getting a 3D printer until next year, when the patent on laser sintering expires: Laser Sintering 3D Printing Patents Expiring in 2014 - Tested

        But if you just fancy having a play, the Invention Studio at Georgia Tech have been running a number of different ones fairly intensively for a while, so their experiences are the next best thing to a Which? review for now: MAKE | Being a Printer Master: Managing Mass Printing in a Makerspace
        Last edited by NickFitz; 18 August 2013, 15:49. Reason: Bah! Second link borked :(

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          #5
          I have a friend that has bought one of the replicator models but his success has been patchy. I will hold off for another few years judging by his efforts. It will be fantastic once they iron out the reliability issues

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            #6
            lol at whoever tagged this thread.

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              #7
              I'll hold out until 4D printing is out.

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                #8
                Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                lol at whoever tagged this thread.
                +1
                Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                  #9
                  Did someone not print a gun recently?

                  3D printing files freely available on internet.

                  Give it five years before someone is shot and killed in this country with a printed gun.
                  "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                    Did someone not print a gun recently?

                    3D printing files freely available on internet.

                    Give it five years before someone is shot and killed in this country with a printed gun.
                    Would there be any point? Unlike the USA, where you can pick it up with your groceries at WalMart, ammunition isn't freely available in the UK. If you had access to ammunition (whether legally or illegally), you'd almost certainly have access to proper guns too, so why bother using some untested thing that'll probably just blow your own hand off?

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