Towards the *fully* 3D-printed electric cars.

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OK, what "stuff" would people be making at home?

Jewellry, utilities, tools, gadgets.

Could you be any more vague?

Yes. Yes I could.

Things. People will make things. All of the things.

I suspect 3D printing at home will be as successful as the personal
computer. I mean everyone knows they're useless at home and we'll
only
need
a few major mainframes.

Personal computer use in the home is dropping with increased use of
smart
phones for those important tasks such as posting on twitter and
facebook.


This actually hurts your point. A dozen or more years ago, no one would
have
imagined using phones for what we use them for now.

And really a smart phone is just a tiny computer that happens to make
phone
calls. Again, it's the same argument made decades ago but folks not
needing
computers in the home.

Very few people want a computer in their home, most people want an
entertainment device.

Exactly. Because people who claimed that "no one needs a computer in
their
homes" was basing the usage model on a very limited viewpoint of how
computers were being used.
But those "entertainment devices" are at their heart computers.

Irrelevant to the point.

No, that's exactly the point and you keep missing it.


Which reminds me, I need to tell my friends who own 3D printers and
printing
parts to fix things at homes, tools, and tool holders and all manner
of
things that I never would have thought of myself that they're wrong
and
no
one will effectively use a 3D printer at home.

How many people do you know that own 3D printers?

I'd have to poll, but at least 2 I'm sure of, and I think the number is
closer to 6. And if I include access to them at libraries,
workerspaces,
etc. then easily dozens.


I know about a dozen people that own things like welders, milling
machines,
drill presses, and lathes but no one that owns a 3D printer.

Really? You need to get out more. I'd say the number of folks I know
who
own
3D printers is about the same as those who own the other items you
mention.

I will admit I know very few teenagers.


Which has jacksquat to do with what I said? What do teenagers have to do
with my reply?

It would be primarily teenagers that would be interested in making
essentially useless gadgets and jewelry.

Again, I know about a dozen people that own things like welders, milling
machines, drill presses, and lathes but no one that owns a 3D printer.

As I've said, your experience is not mine.

All of these are middle aged or older adults.

And same with all the folks I know that own 3D printers.


Honestly, it's pretty damn presumptuous to claim that there's no
future
to
3D printing at home. I suspect 10-20 years from now we'll be laughing
at
such claims. Like computers, it will continue to improve. It'll get
faster,
more capable, capable of using more materials, etc.

Since no one in this thread has made that claim, your post is nonsense.



That is basically your claim.

Yet another knee jerker that reads what they think was written and not
what was actually written.



You keep doing that. I suggest you stop.

When you stop knee jerking and read what was actually written.


I'm not the one knee-jerking or making unsubstantiated claims (such as only
teenagers buying 3D printers).


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