Popular 3D printer vendor has come up with a foldable portable concept that's mindblowing
Popular 3D printer vendor has come up with a foldable portable concept that's mindblowing
Seems like a genuinely horrible idea
Yup. Even assuming this would actually work as advertised, who would actually buy this over a regular printer?
Like, how often do you run into a situation where you need something 3D-printed while on the go, but simultaneously have enough free time to set this thing up in a protected area and wait a long time for the print to finish? Not to mention that you just happen to have brought with you the proper filament as well.
Furthermore, this thing...:
All else being equal, having a 3d printer I can fold up and put away sounds pretty nice to me. I use mine once or twice a month and I could use that space for other things. Of course, all else is unlikely to be equal.
A traveling repairman or some other on-the-road professional. Let it go in the hotel overnight and have your print by morning. Or that evening if you set it up in the morning.