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ciclista on May 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nasa’s New UAV Is 80% 3D-Printed

How far away are we from being able to replace CNC machining with 3d printing?

andbberger on May 20, 2019 [–]

I don't think you want to do that? They're different tools with different uses

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