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Comment by hooverd

12 days ago

Or 3D printers! You can print scary "ghost guns" with them. And they're mostly made in China. Although maybe Stratasys will push for that next now that they're lost their stranglehold on the market.

While the cheaper 3D printers are mostly chinese, Prusa is still a non-chinese option :)

  • While this is true and I own a Prusa MK4, they're so behind it's not even funny.

    • That depends entirely on your definition of "behind".

      The MK4 delivers pretty much the same quality at the same speed as the P1P.

      Paying 30% more to get an open-source, fully modular, fully repairable and customizable product that's made sustainably with fair wages is not a huge markup.

      I'd gladly pay 30% more to get an Android phone that's fully modular, open-source, repairable, upgradable and made in the EU.

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    • While Bamboo etc are one head in front of Prusa now, they are still very close in the context of printing weapons. I mean, neither are particularly suited compared to a CNC mill or lathe. And both have come quite a long way since what we had 10-15 years ago, when FDM for non-industrial users got started.