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Recreational Mechanic
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Northern Colorado, USA
Posts: 3,326
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3D Printing - What's the big deal? - Is it for real?
OK...so there's TONS of buzz about 3D printing. Everyone's response to any fabrication these days is "you could 3D print one". But I really don't see it anywhere in the marketplace. Everything I see 3D printed looks like a prototype model, and is made of a material that would disintegrate in about 15 minutes in real world use. The 3D printed car recently on Jay Leno's garage was nothing to get excited about.
Sooooo...Are there real world applications for this technology now or anytime soon? Or is this just another concept that people buzz about like electric cars that is available but still decades from being viable for every day wide ranging use?
Are we just letting our excitement about the technology get way ahead of where things are at in reality? Just wondering.
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