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redis_mlc on March 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D pri...

If I was doing a kickstarter, I wouldn't go injection molding.

You can have a service bureau use a $250,000 nylon 3D printer to get small to medium-sized runs for something more affordable than making a mold.

samatman on March 16, 2020 [–]

This somewhat defeats the purpose of a classic kickstarter, which is to 'kickstart' the commercial production of something.

The platform is of course used for many different sorts of project.

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