Maybe $2 in parts/materials, but what is his time worth?
Maybe $2 in parts/materials, but what is his time worth?
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The miraculous creative ability of the human mind. Nothing comes close.
It is this free enterprising spirit that communist control freaks abhor and suppress at all costs. For example, electroplating in this country is so heavily regulated that doing it on your own in the backyard would get you arrested for polluting the environment, your shop and land would be seized and you would be thrown in jail. So much for ingenuity in a communist state.
T'ain't $2. What he designed was the PRINT HEAD. You still need all the mechanical stuff to move that print head along the various print paths. And that stuff costs way more than $2.
Of course he "has" made a major contribution to 3D technology.......electroplating is certainly a very powerful technique. But it involves many dangerous chemicals to work. Not knowledge your average "maker" hobbyist is likely to have.