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Old 04-01-2020, 2:24pm   #5
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Originally Posted by mrvette View Post
Sorry, I don't understand the terminology of this, how in hell can you 'print' a part for something?? need the plastic it's made of and some way to make the chunk of plastic conform to the printed shape....no??

how about the metal parts.....I read of allusions to guys doing this in some shop environment but that means some method of making a chunk of metal conform to some 3D PRINT??? how in hell you PRINT a machine tool process???

or is it all just a stretch of the word print??? seems like it to me....

certainly not off MY printer.....
You're not buying the right kind of printer ink. You have to ask the people for the special 3-D stuff they keep in the back. There's a password and secret handshake involved, too.
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