You can 3D print the cheapest parabolic telescope!

Charleh

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You wouldn’t illegally download a song would you?

No but you’d download a telescope if you had a 3D printer!
ABSDBS-8" ver. 0.71b by Fatalik

My one regret when I had my printer is I didn’t print these parts and gradually buy the hardware needed. But if you want a high power telescope but your budget begs to differ, check this out. Apparently people building these had good reviews.



I don’t know why I didn’t share this earlier.
 
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You will have another printer I’m sure
 
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Charleh said:
You wouldn’t illegally download a song would you?

No but you’d download a telescope if you had a 3D printer!
ABSDBS-8" ver. 0.71b by Fatalik

My one regret when I had my printer is I didn’t print these parts and gradually buy the hardware needed. But if you want a high power telescope but your budget begs to differ, check this out. Apparently people building these had good reviews.



I don’t know why I didn’t share this earlier.
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What happened to your printer, Charleh??
 
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Laughing Gravy said:
Thought about a 3d printer but could never think of a use case, this might just be the decider
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FDM printing has some limitations. Like they’re not necessarily food safe and they can only be as precise as 50 microns a layer unless you pay thousands for a printer. But there are tons of different types of printers, some for surgical grade equipment
 
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Charleh said:
FDM printing has some limitations. Like they’re not necessarily food safe and they can only be as precise as 50 microns a layer unless you pay thousands for a printer. But there are tons of different types of printers, some for surgical grade equipment
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The available printers grow and it can get a bit confusing when it comes to considering a purchase, much more research required
 
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