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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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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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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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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 tweets on this theme
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