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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Exactly. They don't understand that all these 3d things are just toys. Some kiddie toys and nothing else. Can you "print" a steel barrel? A shutter for it? From plastic? Some people just very dumb to think about these things.
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Of course you can print in steel, the only issue is the price of the machine. At around $100,000+ they are out of reach of most people. Problem is the costs are coming down very fast and within a few years they will be affordable.
You can get desktop water jets, desktop plasma cutters, you can print in clay, you can print living tissue, you can even print pancakes. The advances in 3D printing are staggering with new shit being announced every week.
But in this instance the metal parts could be CNC from the same STL file. A CNC machine can be had for under a $1000.00 capable to milling steel.