Friday, 30 January 2015

Going 3-D

The magazine subscription season has started, and one of the most interesting ones that are being advertised on the TV lately is a 3-D printer. It starts off really cheap at £1.99 for your first set of pieces to assemble. But without buying the magazine, there’s no indication of how much you fork out after the trial issue. Also, what the hell do you do if you assemble it incorrectly? To be on the safe side; you can actually pick up a new one for around £600, depending on the size of what you wanted to print. I’m quite surprised that we’re not selling them at work; or even selling products that could be made on site while you wait. Just think, our primary deliveries would solely consist of sheets of plastic that we would then feed into the machine and made to the customer’s order. I suppose timescale is a factor in getting items printed; especially if you bear in mind the size of the item being printed. But to build your own is a big risk. Next year, build your own nuclear reactor…

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