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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: OT: Living in the future: 3D printing edition......
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 09:24:26 -0700
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On Wed, 21 May 2025 16:25:16 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>Today I was working in my office, in a project involving Torx security
>screws. I'd bought a set of bits (delivered overnight by Amazon), but
>found that I did not have a 6mm driver handle to use them in.
>
>But in the next room sat one of my 3D printers. I downloaded an STL
>file from the net, and 18 minutes later had my handle and
>could continue the project.
>
>I feel a childish sense of delight in this. It's a bit like owning a
>Star Trek replicator. I conjured this tool out of the ether and into
>actual existence.

Yep.

I once read an article suggesting that 3D Printers would produce a New
Industrial Revolution.

And maybe it will.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"