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"which I never read about on Tom's or Ars"

Aren't those consumer websites?

The 3D printing industry is over 50 years old. And I believe metal printing has the biggest market. But those printers are super expensive. Not something an avarage consumer is going to buy.

By the way: I don't think you can buy a Carbon printer. You need a service contract so you can lease them.

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Yeah, consumer websites, although already pretty far out in "consumer". Out of 8B humans, not sure how many read Tom's.

I might buy a $2000 printer. That's at least in the range I might think about. People buy those $1000 engravers. There's a whole market just around selling the wood supplies, designs, and final products [1] from them. Especially when you can turn your $1000 purchase into a engraving hustle business.

[1] https://www.etsy.com/market/glowforge_wood?explicit=1&ref=gu...

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