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Ask HN: If you had your own 3D printer, what would you make?

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Re: Ask HN: If you had your own 3D printer, what would you make?

#2
If my 2D printers are any indication, not very much.

Most of the time when I now need a 2D item, I use a Web-based service and have it delivered. For example I use Web-based services to to print photo albums, greeting cards, business presentations, signs, etc. I do so because the resulting quality is better and cheaper.

I suspect if I ever wanted some 3D item printed, I would do the same.

Re: Ask HN: If you had your own 3D printer, what would you make?

#4
Prints of juggling patterns pushed through space. Henry Segerman and I have designed and printed a few, and sometimes you can learn a surprising amount about something you thought you already knew.

https://plus.google.com/+HenrySegerman/posts/FGZdWSM2qET

http://www.shapeways.com/product/R8B97GHZN/3-club-cascade-mo...

http://www.shapeways.com/product/3UEJKYME9/3-ball-cascade-mo...

Re: Ask HN: If you had your own 3D printer, what would you make?

#5
Many things! There are all these designs floating around in my mind that I can't build easily because I don't have a 3d printer.

Adjustable camera mounts for my computer vision projects...a tablet mount to hold my tablet at a particular angle while I'm lying down and reading... better supports for my old arthritic dog...cat toys...waterproof cases for my embedded projects and sensors...chassis for small robotic vehicles...