/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1757005
Oh, it's this bait again.
I use FDM at work for fixtures and drilling jigs. It's also vital for "proof-reading" of part geometries and hole-spacings before spending any money on material to produce the CNC-machined part.
I've even used it to crap out a ton of parts for an assembly so you can walk through the process of assembling a new design before committing any further resources to producing it. So in that regard it's replaced more crude prototypes that I used to make out of styrene, polycarbonate, hot glue, and aluminum tape.
I've also used to it to produce packaging and backplates for handling and shipping of expensive assemblies.
If you can't think of a worthwhile application for 3d-printing then I would argue you're creatively bankrupt or just hopelessly stupid.