alt Hacker News> 3D printing were craze
That's certainly a take, industry loves it. Sure, all that "everybody will print widgets at home instead of going to the store" stuff was never going to happen, but 3d printing is nonetheless here to stay.
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wooger • yesterday at 4:40 PM
It's a manufacturing technique that is helpful for prototyping and makes sense some types of small scale manufacturing.
But it's not magical, and not much different to injection moulding or something in concept.
Almost everything created with home level 3d printers is plastic junk you can buy for a few dollars on aliexpress (without weird rough edges).
I do not long back to the days of reused boxes and ducktape as homes for my electronics. It's here to stay.