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Over the weekend my son and I did some 3d printing together. If any of you have printers, what are some things you've created?
curious - why not actually MAKE the things instead of printing them?
but then I don't know what you are printing...
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Its a headphone holder that mounts under your desk and slides out of the way when not in use. Your question confuses me. What about taking plans, tweaking them. Setting up the tools. Buying materials and then running the machine. Seeing issues. Making further modifications... what about that isn't making?
I'm guessing you have never used a 3d printer. It isn't like a paper printer. Its a tool that requires a significant amount of work to set up and there is a lot of trial an error. Despite the hype, its not an easy button for manufacturing. Actually, the hype around 3d printing from years ago reminds me of the hype today about AI.
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nice try fed
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Here's the even funnier thing to me about people in the privacy movement and 3d printing. And I mean people that have never done it. From my perspective, learning to grow your own food is far more dangerous to the state, more of threat than 3d printers. When you know how to feed yourself and your community. When you build a strong community with food security... well why do you need the state. But I never hear people being coy about gardening lol. The vast majority of 3d printing people are making crap. Making stupid toys not useful tools. Especially in places like the US. But I get it. Its fun to play into the fearmongering the state and media pump out about how dangerous we all are. Those extremists!
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Based on my experience with 3d printing and people that have never done it... there are a lot of misconceptions about it :) It is a powerful tool for freedom but there's a lot of hype about how dangerous it is for society.
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I’ve printed a toilet handle, a doorstop, gun parts, and random accessories to the printer.
I’m looking to explore if 3d printing could significantly alter my consumption habits. If @DarthCoin can build a wilderness fortress in 2023, TheWildHustle should be able to have custom pleb designed 3d printed…
Furniture Gardening tools Kitchen plates/forks etc. Random fixes (doorknobs etc.) Home renovations (countertops etc.) Shoes Bikes Weapons Music (record player, guitar etc.)
In ten years. “Two weeks”
3d printing should further decrease the sovereign individuals reliance on 3rd party intermediaries, and having all of the prints above in your personal cloud server is pretty wild.
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Right on!
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Ha! What's the most illegal thing you own? LOL
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