I was thinking about all of the fannish stuff it could be used for - Star Trek insignia that is scalable for dolls, RPS Barbie heads. The list is endless.
Those are two different technologies. The first is additive and the second is subtractive. Also the first one prints while the second when is technically a milling machine.
And Makerbot has been around for years and is cheaper, but doesn't look as nice.
I got that they were different. I think the subtractive one looks like a better deal - partly because I think you could buy the raw materials in whatever form.
One thing I haven't been able to figure out is if there is a possibility to recycle stuff you have made that you don't want to keep. Could you melt down your old broken bits of lego and reuse them?
And yes. If there is justice in the world, you of all people should have one of each of them.
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I was thinking about all of the fannish stuff it could be used for - Star Trek insignia that is scalable for dolls, RPS Barbie heads. The list is endless.
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And Makerbot has been around for years and is cheaper, but doesn't look as nice.
http://www.makerbot.com/
And I want one.
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One thing I haven't been able to figure out is if there is a possibility to recycle stuff you have made that you don't want to keep. Could you melt down your old broken bits of lego and reuse them?
And yes. If there is justice in the world, you of all people should have one of each of them.
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