@dave-paprocki said in 3D Printer:

process of printing a 3D

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. As per my knowledge a conventional printer just makes and moves on a single layer of ink.

A 3D printer makes one layer of "material" which returns and adds another layer - then another layer. It continuously adds these strata like slices up to the entire picture.

Since you can do this using 3D models on a computer, it's quite easy to make bespoke components from a range of 3D-supported plastic compounds at a considerably lower cost than to get custom created from an installation that probably would first have a mould.

The real benefit at this point, as the technology progresses, would be the ubiquitous or, at least, common use of 3D printers within the next decade that would fundamentally change the way the average household works — imagine printing the screw you are missing rather than buying it, or printing the exact size and shape of a project you need.