XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design
In sci.physics Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> 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.
Yep, it will revolutionize the jewelry business...
>>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.
>
> --sp
Something housewives across the continent have been clamoring for.
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