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What? You expect a teensy tiny yellow polka dot bikini?
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and it is only going to get better and cheaper, like TVs and Computers. A lot of companies that manufacture after market parts for repairs will not be happy, but such is life.
I am looking forward to getting my first printer after Christmas; kids come first....evidently  .
I am "finally" getting into Arduino and will use it to manufacture/print circuit board cases and chassis, servo mounts, etc.
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I don't have one and I don't know what I'd use one for except maybe to make adapters for some old lenses to more easily use them on my DSLR.
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This is a bit like how all woodworking magazines have endless articles about things you can do in your home woodshop to improve it, keep it tidy, etc.
They have so many of those types of articles a casual reader might think if you didn't have that hobby in the first place, you wouldn't need to spend so much time doing that sort of thing...you'd swear that's all people do in their woodshops...very meta. 
So here's a challenge: Design and 3D-print your own 3D printer...
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Nope. That needs metal, not plastics: you are talking about very fine control of movement, and any lack of rigidity shows up as nasty defects in the print quality. You could get away with some bits, but you do need precision metalwork for the X, Y, and Z drivers.
As an aside, have a look here: Fixed Gantry CNC Router Build Part 1 - YouTube[^] - it's a "metalworking 3D printer" being built from scratch (by a very talented individual). It should help to explain some of the problems with printing a printer! 
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Right. But can you buy any of those components as spare parts, and 3D-print the rest...? I genuinely wonder how cost-effective that would be...
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How I 3D Printed A 3D Printer from Scratch | All3DP[^]
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Sounds like the basis of an article to me, for us: "sitting on the fence what do I need a 3D printer for"
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Machines are now officially a life form - they can self replicate.
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Is Paris Fashion Week just French Dressing?
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Of corset is.
French dressing is best when minimised.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: French dressing is best when minimised.
used to be more conservative, only place you saw ze bra was at the zoo.
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Nowadays, you can even see eh... le pants! 
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It is over 30 C and raining hard...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Here sunny an' cool.
I'd rather be phishing!
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pretty common here
November almost daily.
(usually doesn't last long though, 30 mins including a nice light and sound show.)
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so you mean your climate changed?
Caveat Emptor.
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Sunday afternoon between the showers of rain we finally had a few dry hours to visit the woods, and saw a lot of these beauties: Shared album - Google Photos[^] 
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"A quantum odyssey from the tip of a pen to the dark side of human knowledge:" [^] Quote: Machado’s film draws on 40 years of quantum research – not to mention significant advances in 3D rendering technology – to drill down to the unfathomably small scale of 10-33 metres, brushing up against the limits of human knowledge and imagination. The mindbending animation uses a framework of quantum gravity in which a gravitational field exists at these smallest conceivable scales.
I feel even more insignificant.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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BillWoodruff wrote: I feel even more insignificant.
I don't know. I feel rather unique!
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I won't know how I feel until I observe it.
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Awesome, music very fitting also!
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sadly only a small portion of an awesome track off an awesome album
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Yep and then just as you're really getting into it...fade out. Noooooooooo
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guess what's on the upcoming playlist. ...now gonna bug me silly till I play it.
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