• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Cool idea, but also basically the worst shape to use a 3D printer for. Those things will crumble as soon as they experience any sort of real world load in a slightly wrong direction.

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      There’s not much reason for a trimmer guide to experience meaningful load.

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        Pretty sure these would break just from sliding it on and off, getting it caught on beard hair or skin or dropping it from a like 30cm.

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          I don’t know what you’ve experienced, but I have been 3d printing things for about 6 years now. With any decently tuned printer, these would be fine for the use they will get. I have the one razor they have released a part for, and the 3d printed parts are not going to experience much in the way of force that would separate the layers. It doesn’t help that I don’t think they followed their own guidelines when printing the examples. The layer height is huge which makes the layer lines stand out. I bet that was so they could more easily be identified as 3d printed with an FDM printer, but it looks really bad.

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      Well, I doubt they’ll release one for my clippers since they’re discontinued, so that inspired me to go ahead and model a variable-depth one for myself. Based on some of the comments here, I thickened the comb blades to make them print more easily.

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    I’ve been on this train for a while that governmental organizations like the Bureau of Consumer Protections needs to have a site where all manuals, blue-prints, and technical specs need to be required to sell consumer products. I want to be able to 3d print or easily provide a machining service with the specs for a part ESPECIALLY when the original manufactures discontinue any type of support.

    Same goes for all software or digital services that someone has purchased but the company folds or discontinues. I should be able to run my own servers or basic services off my own setup when that company no longer provides what I paid for.

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      I bet there would be a carve out for anything particularly unsafe, like high voltage equipment or whatever.

      Cue: the new Braun toothbrush, now with a 450v battery system for ultimate cleaning power.

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    This is cool. 3d printers are a but pricey, but I hear a lot of libraries have 3d printers you can use. Normalizing easy replacement parts like that could be great.