XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design
In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 05:03:36 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>
>>In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:11:27 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:45:42 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>In sci.physics Jeff Findley wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <24vf3e-srm.ln1@mail.specsol.com>, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can see a few, very few, people printing junk jewelry, mostly
teenage
>>>>>>>> girls.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps, but have you been to a craft store in the last 5 years?
>>>>>>> They've been selling commercial 2d robotic cutters for many years that
>>>>>>> are about the size of an ink-jet printer. The stupid thing shows
>>>>>>> absolutely no sign of stopping even though the "cartridges" which
>>>>>>> contain the cutting patterns are DRM protected and *very* expensive.
>>>>>>> They are mostly used by people who like to do scrap books, but others
>>>>>>> use them for making their own greeting cards and etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In those same craft stores is a large jewelery making section. Those
>>>>>>> "memory bracelets" people make are a hot thing because "every item on
it
>>>>>>> represents a memory". In other words, these things are already highly
>>>>>>> customized.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, I wouldn't discount the notion that the crafts stores might start
>>>>>>> selling very small 3d metal printers for making little dangling things
>>>>>>> for jewelery (memory bracelets, necklace charms, and etc.) since this
>>>>>>> would drop right into the market-space. They would only need to print
>>>>>>> at most 3" x 3" x 3" to cover 99% of the jewelery market.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That same metal printer would sell "big league" at game stores where
>>>>>>> custom cast characters for board games are already a huge market. In
>>>>>>> other words Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer 40k, and etc. Even if an
>>>>>>> individual player wouldn't want one, every damn game store on the
planet
>>>>>>> would want at least a couple.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>>By those standards black powder firearms will take over the firearms
world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm not saying there is not and will not be a bunch of niche users of
>>>>>>3D printing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What I am saying is that 3D printing is not going to be the next
industrial
>>>>>>revolution.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personal 3D printing won't be the next industrial revolution. 3D
>>>>> printing is already revolutionizing engineering.
>>>>
>>>>Nonsense.
>>>>
>>>>3D printing is simply making some prototypes easiery to make.
>>>
>>> Just as PCs made prototypes *faster* and easier to design. Rather
>>> revolutionary. Really.
>>
>>Actually real engineering companies were using CAD software well before
>>there was such a thing as a PC. Really.
>
> If you define "real engineering companies" as those who could afford
> mainframes, sure. Everyone else was using rubylith. Even the IC
> guys.
Ever heard of the PDP-8 or the HP CAD workstations that were common well
before the PC?
>>>>CAD software has to a certain extent revolutionized engineering, but that
>>>>is very old news.
>>
>>> And 3D printing takes it to the next level.
>>
>>That and N/C controlled mills and lathes.
>
> In exactly that same setting, sure. *NOT* in everyone's home.
3D printers go for less than $200; I see no rush by consumers to buy them.
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