Comments on: Oh the gift that god would give us https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/oh-the-gift-that-god-would-give-us/ Wimminz Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: B https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/oh-the-gift-that-god-would-give-us/#comment-5167 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:26:14 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=3480#comment-5167 When the most stifling patents run out, you will be left with SLS/SHS or stereolithothography. For the latter, the substrate costs a fuckton and the finished product is vulnerable to UV degradation. For the former, the stuff that will be affordable will give you the same result as a cheap printer today (OK, a bit better-but not all that much.) If you want the serious stuff, making chunks of metal, you’re gonna need a chamber full of noble gas, a serious laser, precise electronics and drive, and preferably a furnace so you can anneal the metal once you’ve pulled it out. All that for something that 90% of the time you could have made using other tech, CNC, laser cutting, EDM, whatever. And when you can make something using 3dp and another technology, 90% of the time the other tech is much cheaper and faster, because of the nature of solid objects-it is easier to cut away the unnecessary molecular bonds than to create all the necessary ones, all other things being equal.

I like the DIY laser cutters and CNCs, though it’s more work to make them and they always give you trouble-but it’s serviceable and a learning experience. For instance, this guy: http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/

The real key part of all this wonderful tech is the software. You can get a printer for $500, or a home CNC for something similar, but if you want to make really cool stuff, you’re gonna either have to shell out serious $ for pro soft, steal it, or spend so much time learning open source stuff that’s as user friendly as a barbed wire condom, you’re gonna wish you’d just paid/stolen right off the bat. It’s easier with laser cutters, Inkscape is free and will do everything you want.

As for western women and their mental state-it’s the old coconut monkey trap. The rice is in the coconut, it is very tempting-unlimited sex with alpha males, self esteem, no consequences-but once you stick your hand in there, that rice is sure hard to get out. But you can’t let go-it’s right there! In your hand! Meanwhile, the native is casually approaching you with his club. Of course, the western men are stuck in the same trap, just a different version.

]]> By: hans https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/oh-the-gift-that-god-would-give-us/#comment-5162 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:13:59 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=3480#comment-5162 If I had tha cash I`d get a 3-D Printer. Granted the affordable ones are barely above toys, but maybe next year when the most stifling patents run out, shit will become dangerously(for “them”) interesting.

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