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I hate the trend that's been going on for a few years now where they try to imply that all of a given product is 3D printed.

For example this motor is easily 80% metal and copper wire for the poles. The remaining 20% is the plastic case. That is the 3D printed part. Not exactly very impressive.

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Having built a motor from scratch, I've learned that the hand-winding of the coils that's impressive. Mine had no torque and was terribly inefficient but there's a local motor rewinding shop where they produce real art.

It is not really implied. Like, if a road bake frame is 3D-printed it is called 3D-printed bike and doesn't imply that its wheels are not aluminium and rubber.

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