Comment on How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 6 months agoA 3D printer
Comment on How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 6 months agoA 3D printer
marreniakaza@lemmy.world 6 months ago
you joke but i think you can 3d print nearly everything in a 3d printer
mihnt@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
The Prusa brand printers are printed by their own printer models and sold that way.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s free reel estate.
isles@lemmy.world 6 months ago
To wit: RepRap
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Having built a number of Repraps, “nearly everything” is highly exaggerated. I have seen 3D printers with an almost entirely printed frame, but using off the shelf T slot rails is a lot more time and cost effective.
It is currently not possible to print the control board, wiring, sensors, hot end, motors, heaters, bearings, slides and rails necessary for a 3D printer. Some of the mechanical parts and a lot of the bracketry that holds the frame together can be 3D printed.