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Thanks for the info. The scanners are coming down in price and the resolution is going up so I can see scanning parts and then modifying the digital version to print what you want.

I know it's early, but 20 years from now, I can see a change in how things are done on a large scale.
 
Arrowhead;31165 said:
I know it's early, but 20 years from now, I can see a change in how things are done on a large scale.

Arrowhead,
Twenty years ago I bought my first flatbed scanner. It was a HP Scanjet that used a SCSI connection and cost me $1,200. A faster and higher resolution HP scanner that uses a USB connection is just over $100 today. USB didn't exist 20 years ago....
 
scanners are great for things like figurines, small sculptures and things like that. not really good for mechanical parts or things with holes and exact specs and measurements. things are evolving though for sure.
 
Arrowhead;31165 said:
Thanks for the info. The scanners are coming down in price and the resolution is going up so I can see scanning parts and then modifying the digital version to print what you want.

I know it's early, but 20 years from now, I can see a change in how things are done on a large scale.

It wouldn't surprise me if 20 years from now they are making replacement human limbs to some extent. At the rate 3D printing has progressed already, I think we'll be amazed how far it will have progressed even 5 years from now.
 
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