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    Yeah, shit is getting real. With HP and Dremel in the market, these things are being clearly targeted at regular folk. I suspect they will start getting better much faster. Hopefully bigger, too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by thesameguy View Post
    Yeah, shit is getting real. With HP and Dremel in the market, these things are being clearly targeted at regular folk. I suspect they will start getting better much faster. Hopefully bigger, too!
    Well, the Dremel one is actually just a rebranded existing 3D printer of, what I've been told, average quality. The HP one however is completely new.

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    I think the "guts" of the Dremel are a rebrand, but I don't think the unit itself it. It has some neat features that others don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thesameguy View Post
    I think the "guts" of the Dremel are a rebrand, but I don't think the unit itself it. It has some neat features that others don't.
    Nope, it's a rebrand:

    http://www.flashforge-usa.com/shop/3...-printer.html/

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    I want to 3D print this:

    3D3Peaks.jpg

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    Aren't they 'printing' metal bits from metal dust? Is that process not able from the plastics side?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godson View Post
    Aren't they 'printing' metal bits from metal dust? Is that process not able from the plastics side?
    I'm not sure how useful printing plastic from powder would be. They have a way to extrude filament from plastic pellets and there's a few machines that will make the pellets by grinding plastic waste, like water bottles, etc.

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    One of the more awesome uses of 3D printing is having a 3D printer in a place where it's hard to transport physical goods, like the space station:

    http://www.iflscience.com/space/how-...d-wrench-space

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    Quote Originally Posted by G'day Mate View Post
    I want to 3D print this:

    3D3Peaks.jpg
    http://3dprint.com/32059/3d-racetrac...prints-models/

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    Thank you! I'll have to get in touch with these guys

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