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RE: Is owning a 3D printer worthwhile




Hi
YES!! or maybe it depends.
3D printers have made incredible advances in the last few years and the liquid resin printers are amazing. And there are places like "Thingaverse" that have tons of models to download.

I make horn throat parts and lenses for horns and probably shouldn't show that stuff but there are other fun things to print.

My daughter does most of my Solidworks drawing, programs the cnc router and runs the printers. IF you can draw it in 3d, you can print it.

Here is a sample of a fun thing i asked her to print when there was resin left over.
This is about 11 inches long, printed as one object and the printer even printed the springs! The next one will be made from the separate parts and assembled.

A Buckeye ball bearing heavy truck as used on some coal tenders and depressed center flat cars.

Tom Danley
Danley Sound Labs

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