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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by mineralfellow to c/3dprinting
 

Fourth try on a print. Tried to add some adhesive to the bed to get it to stick better. Watched the first two layers and went to bed. Woke up to a printer on strike.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

So pretty much like every other company in existence? I don't think there is any danger of BambuLabs disappearing anytime soon and their parts are dirt cheap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So pretty much like every other company in existence?

Open hardware projects have the parts blueprints published

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

But you're still relying on companies to produce these parts for you and they'll only do it so long as the market is big enough to make it worth it for them.

Open source is definitely preferable, but at this point and time, their proprietary parts aren't an issue at all as they're cheap and readily available and with the popularity of these printers, I don't see it being an issue for quite a long time. By then, I may have moved onto a new printer anyway since the market is constantly progressing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Time will teach you the lesson

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The lesson that all consumer electronics have a limited shelf life? That's pretty well known.