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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHome Depot Starts Selling 3-D Printers in Stores for First Time
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-14/home-depot-starts-selling-3-d-printers-in-stores-for-first-time.htmlHome Depot Inc. (HD), the worlds largest home-improvement chain, will start selling 3-D printers today in stores for the first time, pushing deeper into a market that was once the domain of engineers and hobbyists.
Home Depot is selling devices from MakerBot, a 3-D printer maker acquired by Stratasys Ltd. (SSYS) last year, in 12 locations as part of a pilot project, the companies said. The effort will include stores in California, Illinois and New York.
Its a pilot for us to test a potential disruptive technology, and to make sure we are on the forefront of a new innovative product, Joe Downey, an online merchant at Atlanta-based Home Depot, said in an interview.
The move builds on Home Depots decision to offer the MakerBot printers on its website three months ago. Though the devices arent likely to create a major new source of revenue, the chain is betting that theyll appeal to forward-thinking contractors and do-it-yourselfers. Customers can use the printers to create parts and supplies that might be handy for repairs, such as cup holders, U-clips and pipe-stakes.
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Home Depot Starts Selling 3-D Printers in Stores for First Time (Original Post)
xchrom
Jul 2014
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The whole concept of 3-D printing rocks. Like the Commodor 64 home computer. lol
misterhighwasted
Jul 2014
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misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)1. The whole concept of 3-D printing rocks. Like the Commodor 64 home computer. lol
I want one sooo badly.
But like all good intended things, there will be a few whose intent is destructive. Like killers & psychopaths.
Wonder if Makerbot can make guns & bullets & such?
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)2. Interesting...
wonder if it will make some bigger plastic parts for one of my cars interiors.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)3. Let me know when a store I would step foot in sells them.
Fuck Home Depot and their asshole founder. I figure any money I gave them is being used against my interests so to hell with them.
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/05/home_depot_founder%E2%80%99s_quiet_10_million_right_wing_investment/
Home Depot founder Bernard Marcus topped the list of donors, contributing $10,745,000. A public critic of the Obama administration, blasting it as amateurs in the White House and amateurs surrounded by amateurs