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I wouldn't look towards your standard home as a test bed for this. I don't need to 3D print cutlery or even most things around the house. You just don't use that much stuff. The economics don't make sense for me to spend a large amount of cash to print household things.

Farms, ranches, and other remote businesses definitely have an opportunity for that though, because not only do they need a lot of every day things, they are also far away and sometimes things aren't in stock.




Sure, industry use is very exciting, and may well propel some 3D printer manufacturers to very high hills.

But the commenter I replied to was specifically talking about 3D printing in the home, so consumer goods, not industrial/business goods.


Perhaps we will walk to our local corner printing center.




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