XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design
In sci.physics krw@notreal.com wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:49:22 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>
>>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@spe
sol.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?
>
> So no one really used Rubylith? IOW, nonsense.
Not what I said.
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