I hadn’t used a 3D printer for more than a decade. Then just recently I bought another one. The general principle is the same, but there have been a lot of improvements since 2010!<\/p>\n
The particular model I purchased is a LulzBot Mini 2. It costs about $1500 and it is worth every penny. Also, the customer service is spectacular.<\/p>\n
After more than a decade of having retreated to making purely virtual creations, I am now once again thinking about bringing purely imaginary objects out into the physical world. I noticed that it’ also changing the way I think.<\/p>\n
When I am making something in software, things can go wrong out in the physical world (like my computer runs out of power, or my disk space fills up). At such times, I tend to think “Oh, that’s a hardware problem.”<\/p>\n
But now the shoe is on the other foot. When my 3D print doesn’t turn out the way I wanted, I look at the physical part and I tell myself “Oh, that’s a software problem.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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