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A 3d printer is basically just a really fancy hot glue gun (pawb.social)
submitted 9 months ago by CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Specifically the type of printer that prints using spools of plastic filament, but that seems like the most common type anyway

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[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 9 months ago

You're going to love/hate 3D printer pens

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 18 points 9 months ago

I didn't know this was a thing and I want one.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago

Really fun thing to play around with, although it requires some practice to do cool stuff with it.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I know this is impossible but I suddenly have a memory of seeing this at 2am while watching adult swim as a kid

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

I seem to remember something like this describes. Where instead of the ink being smooth, it was raised up, like a speed bump on the paper.

https://www.markersupply.com/sagl3dgelpe.html

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

There are some amazing creators on YouTube using these things. They’re so fun to watch.

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Thought it was a pregnancy test at first glance.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Those are plotters, not printers.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I think you got mixed up a bit.

A plotter is a specialized printer used for drafting and generally uses big (usu. 3-4ft length) rolls of paper. Some types do use pens, though they're usually short and specially shaped making them difficult to use manually

The OC was referring to the pens that work like an auto-feeding hot glue gun using colorized glue, or PLA if the heating element gets hot enough.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I think the main difference between printer and plotter is rasterization vs vector graphics.

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