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Jester Messiah

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6. Fair point.

Reply to Sirveri (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 6, 2013, 01:19 PM

Nov 2013

My hope is that costs will come down in the next several years. If the tech becomes ubiquitous, it will change the face of manufacturing forever. Especially if it becomes possible to recapitalize the build material from previously fabricated projects.

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Amazing. nt. polly7 Nov 2013 #1

Fabrication tech like this is gonna make a lot of people start to question... Jester Messiah Nov 2013 #2

I gather that most prosthetics are one off, hand made, precision craftmanship... mike_c Nov 2013 #4

Part of the price is the cost of the machine. Sirveri Nov 2013 #5

Fair point. Jester Messiah Nov 2013 #6

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