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Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:29 am to stout
3D printing is boring for the sake of 3D printing once the novelty wears off.
But it’s useful for prototyping, especially castings.
But it’s useful for prototyping, especially castings.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:34 am to GumboPot
Always thought it was better for hard to locate parts.
Like living in Antarctica (or the space station) and needing something non-deliverable or an out of production part for your GEO.
Like living in Antarctica (or the space station) and needing something non-deliverable or an out of production part for your GEO.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:38 am to awestruck
Would a 3D printer work in zero gravity?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:42 am to stout
Using it with AI is quite handy. I have no idea how to design/make a 3d print file - but pluggin in what I want with measurements - AI spits out prototypes
And then refines based on your adjustments - is nice.
And then refines based on your adjustments - is nice.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:46 am to stout
People print suppressors and gun parts.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:47 am to stout
Maybe you just need to print cooler shite. Like this
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:52 am to billjamin
Pistol penis...from the creators of truck nuts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 10:54 am to stout
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Pistol penis...
Cock Glock is my preferred name but we can workshop it.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 11:48 am to stout
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LEGOs these days are just following instructions. It's pretty watered down vs when I was a kid and you just had a bucket of parts.
Legos have always been this way...
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:14 pm to stout
3D printing isn’t a product hobby, it’s a process hobby. The payoff isn’t the print, it’s learning how to work through a problem to a design for a solution. Once that clicks, the printer becomes secondary. Different strokes for different folk...some people want the thing, others want the journey. If or when you understand this, the printer becomes secondary.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:36 pm to Fraid Knot
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3D printing isn’t a product hobby, it’s a process hobby. The payoff isn’t the print, it’s learning how to work through a problem to a design for a solution. Once that clicks, the printer becomes secondary. Different strokes for different folk...some people want the thing, others want the journey. If or when you understand this, the printer becomes secondary.
The process and product are conjoined. Why do the process if the product is not of importance?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:37 pm to DCtiger1
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Legos have always been this way...
Yeah is he suggesting LEGO used to be a box of bricks with a picture on the front as your only guide?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:38 pm to Rabby
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Why do the process if the product is not of importance?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:39 pm to StringedInstruments
Legos has always sold bricks for free building, but they've always sold sets with instructions as well so I'm not sure what stout is talking about
This post was edited on 2/8/26 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:43 pm to StringedInstruments
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Yeah is he suggesting LEGO used to be a box of bricks with a picture on the front as your only guide?
Maybe I was too poor for them but the legos I received as a kid were in a bucket of bricks. Not the specialized kits like now.
I dont remember instructions but then again I was never big into legos anyway and only ever had that one bucket.
My nephews are into them and just following instructions doesnt seem very creative or stimulating but that's just my opinion.
This post was edited on 2/8/26 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:43 pm to stout
My son uses his to make custom items. Most recently was a gaming joystick with magnetic pickups which fit him perfectly. He also fabricated other items such as keyboards.
For me, making things from plastic like sheaths from pipes was a minor hobby. 3D printing seems like an extension - limited by your own imagination.
For me, making things from plastic like sheaths from pipes was a minor hobby. 3D printing seems like an extension - limited by your own imagination.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:04 pm to stout
Remember when 3-D printers were first introduced the numerous self-proclaimed anarchists on the Poli Board were giddy that they were going to be able to print out untraceable guns?
And those guns could sneak through the TSA checkpoints without being detected.
And those guns could sneak through the TSA checkpoints without being detected.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:04 pm to stout
I live pretty close to you, I'll take 8t
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:09 pm to stout
There's always been sets. As a kid I had both. Usually on a set you build it and then turn it into something else. Plenty of room for creativity plus the sets today are pretty damn sweet
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