XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design
From: speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:12:50 -0000, the renowned
jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:15:28 -0700, Fred J. McCall
>> wrote:
>>
>>>jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>In sci.physics David Mitchell wrote:
>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> OK, what "stuff" would people be making at home?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jewellry, utilities, tools, gadgets.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Could you be any more vague?
>>>>
>>>
>>>"Vague"? Do you not know what jewelry and such are?
>>
>> Why on Earth would anyone print jewelry? Plastic jewelry? ...or are
>> you going to print gold? BTW, I'd like to see you print hardened
>> steel and water companies, too.
>
>I can see a few, very few, people printing junk jewelry, mostly teenage
>girls.
3D printing actually is quite useful as part of a bespoke
jewellery-making process. You design a 3D model using a CAD program
such as Jewelsmith, print a positive, then use investment casting to
produce a one-time mold, which is used to mold precious metal.
>I can't see anyone printing an electric, gas, or water company.
>
>Tools and gadgets are so vague they are meaningless.
Tools? I just 3D-printed a fixture for stencil printing a PCB. It
holds a small panel (snaps into the mounting holes) and has cutouts to
allow the PCB to sit flat after parts have already been mounted on the
other side. Crude but more than good enough. A machinist would have
charged me perhaps $500 and taken days. And I would have gotten bogged
down in toolpaths and cutter compensation and such like programming it
myself in a CAM program.
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Spehro Pefhany
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