3D printing - Re making one of those awkward to repair plastic bits.
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I have to stop myself researching 3d printing because it's something I'd lose thousands of hours in + I'm waiting for prices to continue dropping before purchasing a printer.
The beautiful thing about this is the environmental savings.. imagine all those things you've bought which you've thrown away because you can't find the part.. now is the very real possibility that we can increase a products lifespan infinitely, and even manufacture our own from scratch. This will inevitably contribute to the complete downfall of society as we've come to know it, as the vast majority of products will not need to be 'purchased' they will be manufactured at source within a person's own home. It's difficult to imagine every single possibility, but the one thing we do know is that 'economic growth' is slowing, and with revolutionary technology like this it will continue to slow. Fantastic, revolutionary, bring on the new age ASAP because we ****ing need it.
The beautiful thing about this is the environmental savings.. imagine all those things you've bought which you've thrown away because you can't find the part.. now is the very real possibility that we can increase a products lifespan infinitely, and even manufacture our own from scratch. This will inevitably contribute to the complete downfall of society as we've come to know it, as the vast majority of products will not need to be 'purchased' they will be manufactured at source within a person's own home. It's difficult to imagine every single possibility, but the one thing we do know is that 'economic growth' is slowing, and with revolutionary technology like this it will continue to slow. Fantastic, revolutionary, bring on the new age ASAP because we ****ing need it.
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I wonder if there is anybody out there who could make a bespoke two piece case for a mobile phone?
I recently made an indestructible one for my Huawei Mediapad X2....if only there was a market for this kind of thing!
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Are you kidding??
Did you really?
That's just what I am looking for!!!
How did you make it?
Did you really?
That's just what I am looking for!!!
How did you make it?
Will this thing make Dentists redundant, i need a new set of teeth.
I recently made an indestructible one for my Huawei Mediapad X2....if only there was a market for this kind of thing!
Sorry, SS, I couldn't resist!
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Hey bummer, man, that's not fair! Fell for that hook line and sinker!
From a fellow Welshman too... shoulda paid more attention to the "" in your post... I thought you were just asking the sheepdog to round up the flock... (Welsh stereotype joke there 
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Your punishment is to become misterhelpful (with the emphasis on helpful this time...) whose location is:
Shenzhen (formerly Ohio, formerly Mid Glamorgan)
and set up a factory there just to make me a case for the X2.
A Ddioddefws A Orfu!
From a fellow Welshman too... shoulda paid more attention to the "
" in your post... I thought you were just asking the sheepdog to round up the flock... (Welsh stereotype joke there )Your punishment is to become misterhelpful (with the emphasis on helpful this time...
) whose location is:Shenzhen (formerly Ohio, formerly Mid Glamorgan)
and set up a factory there just to make me a case for the X2.
A Ddioddefws A Orfu!
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Yup, second one!
Mysterious foreign language - Welsh!
Mysterious foreign language - Welsh!
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Right, bypassing the taffy hi-jackers...
IF it was an Iphone :-
https://zetoff.com/
This guy printed his own case using code provided by zetoff :-
Gears n'all :-
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IF it was an Iphone :-
https://zetoff.com/
This guy printed his own case using code provided by zetoff :-
Gears n'all :-
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Cheers, pip!
Taf invader indeed!
Taf invader indeed!
I would think just around the corner are printers capable of using both the powdered plastic + other elements like metal. So yes, not but a few years away from your spare teeth.
Really exciting stuff.
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Back in mid to late 90's a colleague, at work, was developing rapid prototyping for turbine components he was a youngish guy and did the whole thing from creating the models, post processing then machining - clever chap :- Selective laser sintering (SLS) and / or direct metal laser sintering (DMLS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_laser_sintering
http://gpiprototype.com/services/dmls-direct-metal-laser-sintering.html
The 3D Printer these days ticks lots of boxes, training relatively cheap and disaster free, good for confidence, knock out parts in plastic, then move on to metals !
The more I see of the home type kits the closer to purchasing I become !!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_laser_sintering
http://gpiprototype.com/services/dmls-direct-metal-laser-sintering.html
The 3D Printer these days ticks lots of boxes, training relatively cheap and disaster free, good for confidence, knock out parts in plastic, then move on to metals !
The more I see of the home type kits the closer to purchasing I become !!
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So do these things just print or do they scan as well because without the info/blueprints to print from then trying to make a spare part out of thin air would be quite time consuming.
