On 2012-11-26, at 18:28, Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:43 AM, <silverdr@wfmh.org.pl> wrote: >>> I think this is a perfect example of something that should be cloned and 3D printed. 3D printers start at $500 these days and can easily reproduce almost any plastic part. It would probably take less than 10 cents in plastic for a replacement lever. > > While there is less than $0.10 in plastic in a lever, a $500 printer > is not likely to deliver the surface finish most people would find > "nice". Functional? Sure. Aesthetic? Not really. That's why I wrote about buying the brewery.. if all you need is one (or a few) small lever(s), give it to a printing service and get as good results as it gets today. You can even print it in stainless steel if you like ;-) It will still be out of place in terms of colour for example and not perfectly finished but will probably work well. The only thing is that someone has to make the model, but this is not a particularly complicated item to model. -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2012-11-26 20:02:55
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