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Anonymous
Not trying to stir this up, but not too many years ago, a CNC mill was something no one could afford to have in their garage ($100K and more, industrial only), and now you can buy a decent Roland "toy" cnc for under $10k. Not super affordable for all, but if you need one for your hobby, that's a lot more affordable than $30 for a smallish shop unit.
Same thing here, stereo-lith machines were $300k machine not too long ago, now here's one for under $5K? I think that's pretty cool. Even if a hobbyist doesn't buy this, a lot of small shops will, and that will drive the price down further.
3D software, and high end drafting/graphics software used to be unaffordable for most companies. Now you can get stuff like Pepakura and MetaSequoia as freebies.
Some day this will be a $100 machine you'll buy you kids for Christmas and they'll forget about after they shove it under the bed. It's the way of the future, cool will continue to get cheaper.
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