Poll: Do you have a 3d printer? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by JDDunn9 » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

revelation wrote: post #20

I think 3D printers are firmly in the "Linux desktop" stage for now. You will hear it's revolutional arrival announced every year, but it will never materialize.

Or, like Linux, it will become ubiquitous on the commercial-side of business, just not consumer.

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by ajross » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

Where's the selection for "I have a partially assembled Prusa Mendel I'll finish some day?"

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by jack-r-abbit » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

revelation wrote: post #20

I think 3D printers are firmly in the "Linux desktop" stage for now. You will hear it's revolutional arrival announced every year, but it will never materialize.

I'd put them firmly in the same stage that computers were back when you had people in their garages soldering together homebrew computers.

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by brunorsini » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:48 PM UTC

Cool poll but I have a hunch data will be skewed towards "yes" (in the sense that people who have 3d printers will be more likely to answer the survey).

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by angusgr » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

capkutay wrote: post #33

RaphiePS wrote: post #22

I got together with 15 of my friends and bought one for us to share. We each had to pay under $50, which made it very attractive. None of us use it enough to justify owning one ourselves, so sharing was the obvious solution.

I don't think I can find 15 people to share a 3d printer with...though I can't speak for anyone else.

Is there a Hackerspace near you?

http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces

(If there's not one nearby, you could always start one... when I cofounded a hackerspace I met a lot more than 15 new people who wanted to share 3d printers and the like!)

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by babarock » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

iamwil wrote: post #46

vyrotek wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you might wake up one day to realize that you and your friends are in the extreme minority.

MacOsX is based off BSD. His/her friends may not be in as big of a minority as you think. Edit: I stand corrected.

Linux and BSD are not nearly the same thing. And I'm not even being overly pedantic here. They have 2 things in common:

* They try (and arguably succeed at) cloning Unix.

* The adopt a permissive license for sharing and copying.

Beyond this, they're 2 completely different projects with nothing more in common. Heck, even the "permissive licenses" they each use are contradicting in philosophy.

You seem to imply that Linux has reached ubiquity on the desktop because MacOSX is based on BSD. This is just wrong.

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by mbreese » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

RaphiePS wrote: post #42

capkutay wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I can find 15 people to share a 3d printer with...though I can't speak for anyone else.

I'm in high school, so it was pretty easy to find some interested friends. It also helps with the logistics--we keep the printer in the computer lab so everyone can access it.

This probably goes without saying, but you have a cool high school - or at least a cool teacher or two. Good luck with the printing!

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by angusgr » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

Selected Yes, but I really meant "I have one and it doesn't work properly, haven't touched it in months and wondering if I should get rid of it." :/

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by iooi » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

It would be nice to also know what kinds of things people with printers are making. Prototyping? Doodling? Replacement parts? Puzzles/Games?

I am interested in 3D printers but I'm not sure what I would be using it for!

Re: Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?

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Post by bcoates » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:53 PM UTC

jamesjguthrie wrote: post #21

Just completed coursework at Uni where we used a CNC router and an FDM machine to make a prototype of an adjustable egg cup. The egg cup manufacturing cost using the FDM was only £7 for the material.

Please tell me it's adjustable between little- and big- endian.