Comments on: Why 3D printers won’t go mainstream

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By: Cartridge

Cartridge — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:42:23 +0000

Great post and something really to debate here, it would really be great id this would go mainstream, but we will have to just wait and see.

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By: Aviator Sunglasses

Aviator Sunglasses — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:53:44 +0000

3D printers are good for architect and engineers because they need in their jobs.. 3D printers have advantages and disadvantages depending on how you'll work on it..

By: Martin Stevens

Martin Stevens — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:41:59 +0000

It sounds to me that the arguments listed may be true (although one certainly is false) but they are not really valid arguments against mainstream 3D printing.

The one that is wrong is price. A1 Technologies has recently launched the RapMan, a 3D polymer printer which sells in the UK for £750 (ie just over $1,000). Who will not engage with 3D printing at that price? The answer, based on our experience of the first couple of months after the launch, is no one.

We are getting orders from schools (which is how we targeted the RapMan initially), from colleges, from universities, from hobbyists, from geeks, from designer makers, from small companies which have never before engaged with 3D printing because they couldn't afford it, from companies which already use 3D printing but who want to make models costing a few cents rather than a few dollars, and even from large corporations, which also want to save money, particularly during the credit crunch.

So as I see it, 3D printing is going mainstream, it is going there fast and it is going there now.

Martin Stevens
CEO
A1 Technologies
www.rap-man.com
+44 777 565 1028
info@rap-man.com

By: automated industrial equipment

automated industrial equipment — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:12:53 +0000

Aside from the costs of the materials they use, 3D designs are hard to do and time consuming as well. I doubt that they'll go mainstream in a thousand years.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:30:07 +0000

You'll be able to get a MakerBot soon for only $750!

By: Ponoko Blog

Ponoko Blog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:01:10 +0000

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By: Andreas Jaritz

Andreas Jaritz — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:44:41 +0000

I am not quite sure if I can agree with you on the thing with customization for products with short lifecycles. I think a true value conveyed by online product-design-tools should be to enable people to create great stuff they really like…in terms of enjoying a thing, an object, furniture, jewelry maybe fashion or whatever for a long time…Why should I put efforts on customizing a product which only remains for a short period of time by my side, on my body…?