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3-D Printer Firms Fall Flat, as Buyers Wait for New Models

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Re: 3-D Printer Firms Fall Flat, as Buyers Wait for New Models

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Why the need to print cheap plastic crap? That's why we have dollar stores and China.

Sometimes you want cheap plastic crap your local dollar store doesn't have and you don't want to find a Chinese willing to poison himself to make you 1000 pieces.

Re: 3-D Printer Firms Fall Flat, as Buyers Wait for New Models

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Why the need to print cheap plastic crap? That's why we have dollar stores and China.

Making 1 of 1 kind of items.

Oh, I get that part... but how many people have that need or even the skill. No wonder the market is floundering...

Re: 3-D Printer Firms Fall Flat, as Buyers Wait for New Models

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In my opinion 3D printers are a little too limited on their own, but they're potentially very useful when paired with other tools. I'm interested in solutions like the FirePick Delta, which combines 3D printing with other functions that aid in home electronics manufacturing:

http://delta.firepick.org/

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