A printer that brings digital designs to life, either by squirting molten
plastic like a cake decorator, or by using a
binder material to
fuse powder.
Commonly requested items:
- Another 3d printer
- A gun
- A woman
- Organs
Though all those things are possible to some extent, they are usually cruddy and do not work unless you add some sort of manual labor.
Some
people use their printers to print paperclips, toothpicks, phone cases, and whistles, but why not just go to the Dollar store instead? Also, 3d printed models are very crude, almost pixellated, and made out of cheap (but expensive)
plastic.
Despite popular belief, 3d printing will never replace 2d printing. That is like saying "chainsaws will replace scissors". 2D printing is for printing out a biology report or business letter, and 3d printing is for printing out models.
A: Imagine if
everyone had a 3D Printer in their house!
B: Are you kidding me? 3D printing is the biggest gimmick!
A: So was rock and
roll and the Internets. It will improve in twenty more years.
C: Yay! I made a whistle, and it only took three hours!
D: You know, the dollar store sells metal whistles for 25 cents
C: (Blows whistle) Sounds as good as storebought!
I can only
imagine how much the cartridges cost or how often you have to change them.
