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Only one part available right now. The idea is great, though.
Nice.
Those parts would be anyway hard to sell.
For the company would be a struggle to have a distribution for spare parts and they would cost more than the product anyway. So they can reach the customer through 3d printing and make their product live longer with a minimal effort. More brand should act like this.
Making their product live longer is not usually the top priority for manufacturers. I like the initiative, of course, but I’m sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop. Sounds too good not to be a greenwashing gimmick.
@_haha_oh_wow_ @PotatoLibre I wonder if this isn’t the way to cut costs on #RightToRepair in #EU - you just put out STLs and it’s up to customer to fix his problem
Still good! Printers are quite common these days: you either have one or maybe know someone who has one.
@PostaL
I’m not saying it’s not - actually both manufacturers and customers may benefit this way
That was my first thought, but it seems easier to run a few thousand more off the assembly line and make the original part than I’d think to have at least one person develop an adequate 3D part for an items that wasn’t originally designed to be 3D printed.
Even for a relatively simple item like the trimmer guard shown, as someone who used those on their whole head for many years, they need to have decent rigidity coming from a number of angles so it cuts evenly, so someone needs to design a decent print, find what types of stock provide the right durability, flex, etc.
So it’s doesn’t sound that free for them or quick, but it’s much cheaper than distribution for a bunch of random parts that may never get used.
I’m curious to see long term effects if this catches on. Will more original parts be made with 3D printing if they need to design prints anyway?
The big downside is even if this were available, I don’t have a printer. I don’t know anyone with one. I don’t know where I could go to (?) rent time on one. So to me at the moment, this is as useful to me as no available replacement part! 😅
Thank you! I’ll have to keep that in mind! It seems like a thing that would be useful to have access to. There are always little things where I think it would be cool if the local library or hardware store had a printer for things that don’t seem like they’d be worth shipping but nice to have like pen refill adapters for instance.
In German cities we have Repair Cafes and Makerspaces (Hackerspaces, Fablabs). Many of them are known to happily help out with 3D-printing. Maybe something similar exists in you area?
I check periodically, but I don’t see anything within an hour of me. It’s a shame, as I’m in the more populated part of my state, between the biggest and third biggest cities and I read about these places and feel I’d really enjoy them.
I have a milk frother for example, that burned out its stupidly non resetting thermal fuse because it got put on the base, something bumped the start button with nothing in and it burnt out. I’d love to have someone show me how to locate that bit and replace it, but I dunno where to go for that.
Same with the 3D printer. I can afford one, but at this stage of life I’d rather someone give me a hands on run through and give me some of their wisdom from experience than me playing around and getting frustrated until I get it right.
A decent printer like from Anycubic or Creality is about 200€.
But there are also online services that can print for you.
Oh wow. I had no clue there were so many that inexpensive now. Thank you!
A Bambulab A1 Mini costs 200 bucks and churns out incredible prints with zero hassle. There’s literally next to no barrier to entry anymore.
Isn’t that the company that requires subscriptions to use your own printer?
Yes, they had really great printers, but they enshittified so much since then.
They try to cover it by tons of marketing and sponsorships, but the community doesn’t forget.
Huh… I watched a basic review on it and that seems somewhat intriguing. It looked faster than expected, decent basic features, and he says parts availability is good. I may have to put this on the wishlist… Thanks for the tip!
I want to see more companies doing this.
The one that leaps to mind is Miele. You know, the $1400 vacuum cleaner people. So that’s a little weird, but there it is.
you don’t need permission from the company to model your own replacement parts. It’s nice if they provide the models but it’s not necessary.
I don’t ask for permission to make my own parts. I do it all the time. What I mean is I want to see more companies proactively offering consumers replacement parts and design files that would otherwise not be available without good drawing and modeling skills.
More.
Thats really cool, hope this becomes more of a trend
I don’t. Fdm printing has very small cracks at the layer lines. It wouldn’t be quite as bad as say, something with food, or for a close shave rather than a trim, but bacteria will grow in it.
Fdm cannot be reasonably sterilized. Resin printers are better, but not perfect. Even if it doesn’t cause infections, it’s going to pick up an odor.
I was thinking about 3D printing guards just the other day. It might be worth doing
Yeah, half sizes are hard to find for a lot of clippers. Would be nice if more brands did this
I need to, my partner knocked my Wahl off the cabinet and broke the guard, but I haven’t printed anything in years and need to clean up/recalibrate my printers.
Or like,just buy one good razor
Which ones?
I have an electric razor from The Beard Club. My previous one was this Phillips, and it is leagues upon leagues better.
Yea but that’s a bullshit razor. All electrical razor have built in obsolescence,and will never give you the closeness and longevity of a safety razor. It’s just better in every way
Different uses. A bladed razor gives you a closer shave for sure, but I like a trimmed beard.
This Phillips one is bullshit, because it only works well without this guard, and then yes, you may as well use a safety razor.
I’d use a razor either way
https://www.traditionalshaving.co.uk/268151-Safety-Razors
This is where I get mine
I use a muhle (they sell them on the link.) I’d suggest starting with a closed comb head and whatever handle suits you. (They’re interchangeable,)
I use an open comb and it’s much more aggressive, and not for starting out.
I’d recommend staying away from the frequently recommended “entry” razor- the Merkur 34c. The head on the one I tried has a ridiculous amount of play in how it held the blade- it’d clamp down but it’d never consistently seat itself so it was always off center or twisted.
As for blades, I use feather, but you can buy variety packs and find the set that works for you. That tends to be the most variable part.
The guards on any razor can break, unless you’re talking about a safety razor. Those are awesome, but only good for a close shave.
That’s exactly what I’m talking about,your a man of class I see
If you say so, lol
Love my electric razor. It’s 25 years old and still kicking. Never replaced the blades or battery. Ride or die electric forever. You can take it from my cold dead hands!
THEN I WILL
**lunges wildly **
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