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    1. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      The only problem is they are incredibly junky and break all the timepic.twitter.com/jTcNQxYRm3

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    2. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      I used a free app called @tinkercad to re create the design as closely as I couldpic.twitter.com/dciEwYhL20

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    3. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      And printed them out in my office closet on this @snapmaker 3d printerpic.twitter.com/qRLD23V8wD

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    4. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      I’d say it took about 5 hours of time total (not including printing time) to do the design and troubleshoot early prototypes

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    5. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      When I got the 3d printer, I was worried it was going to collect dust. But I've used it much more than I thought.

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    6. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      There is also a great @tynan post on this https://tynan.com/3d 

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    7. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      If you don't have a 3d printer, you can use the "3D print my thing" subreddit. Here, you can pay someone local to print something at home and mail it to you for pretty cheap.https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprintmything/ …

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    8. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      I remember a few years back when stock newsletters were predicting a 3d printer in every home. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.

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    9. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      Too much of a learning curve. And the design, print, tweak, print again process is still very slow. This is a hobbyist's game.

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    10. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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      But I do think there will be little neighborhood / friend group 3d printing setups. Especially if we enter some kind of depression / apocalyptic scenario where people need to repair their stuff and make it last longer. Footnote @VGR tweets on this theme

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Aug 18
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      I just bought a 3d printer! It just arrived and I'm about to set it up today

      12:06 PM - 18 Aug 2020
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        2. Will Ward‏ @willward1 Aug 18
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          Nice! I hope you went big enough. Print volume anxiety is real thing ...

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Aug 18
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          this came highly recommended by a couple of friends as a cheap entry level one, so I got it https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=21711 …

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