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[-] [email protected] 131 points 2 months ago

Only one part available right now. The idea is great, though.

[-] [email protected] 97 points 2 months ago

Nice.

Those parts would be anyway hard to sell.

For the company would be a struggle to have a distribution for spare parts and they would cost more than the product anyway. So they can reach the customer through 3d printing and make their product live longer with a minimal effort. More brand should act like this.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

Making their product live longer is not usually the top priority for manufacturers. I like the initiative, of course, but I'm sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop. Sounds too good not to be a greenwashing gimmick.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

They make money on blade replacement cartridges. If the base unit lasts longer they still make more money in the long run from consumables. A lot like electric toothbrushes.

Source: I have this shaver and buy replacement blades a few times a year.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yep they basically give the handle away for free anyway just to get you on the blades. Giving away accessories at no-cost-to-them is totally on brand. I doubt many other companies will do it, as accessories are usually moneymakers.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Avoids tariffs if you print them yourself

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Where does the filament come from?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Uhhhh the filaments trees obviously

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

There's enough plastic around to recycle it... PLA, PETG, ABS... can all be shredded, crushed, and recycled.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I get mine from a filament spaghetti factory

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Well that certainly makes a lot more sense now. I wasn't familiar with Philips shavers with replacement blades. 🙄

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

@_haha_oh_wow_ @PotatoLibre I wonder if this isn't the way to cut costs on #RightToRepair in #EU - you just put out STLs and it's up to customer to fix his problem

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Still good! Printers are quite common these days: you either have one or maybe know someone who has one.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

@PostaL
I'm not saying it's not - actually both manufacturers and customers may benefit this way

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That was my first thought, but it seems easier to run a few thousand more off the assembly line and make the original part than I'd think to have at least one person develop an adequate 3D part for an items that wasn't originally designed to be 3D printed.

Even for a relatively simple item like the trimmer guard shown, as someone who used those on their whole head for many years, they need to have decent rigidity coming from a number of angles so it cuts evenly, so someone needs to design a decent print, find what types of stock provide the right durability, flex, etc.

So it's doesn't sound that free for them or quick, but it's much cheaper than distribution for a bunch of random parts that may never get used.

I'm curious to see long term effects if this catches on. Will more original parts be made with 3D printing if they need to design prints anyway?

The big downside is even if this were available, I don't have a printer. I don't know anyone with one. I don't know where I could go to (?) rent time on one. So to me at the moment, this is as useful to me as no available replacement part! 😅

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

@anon6789
There's more and more services online that can 3D print something on demand. PCBway (not affiliated) is one of them has been reliable for some of my friends
@schmaker

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you! I'll have to keep that in mind! It seems like a thing that would be useful to have access to. There are always little things where I think it would be cool if the local library or hardware store had a printer for things that don't seem like they'd be worth shipping but nice to have like pen refill adapters for instance.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

A decent printer like from Anycubic or Creality is about 200€.

But there are also online services that can print for you.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

In German cities we have Repair Cafes and Makerspaces (Hackerspaces, Fablabs). Many of them are known to happily help out with 3D-printing. Maybe something similar exists in you area?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I check periodically, but I don't see anything within an hour of me. It's a shame, as I'm in the more populated part of my state, between the biggest and third biggest cities and I read about these places and feel I'd really enjoy them.

I have a milk frother for example, that burned out its stupidly non resetting thermal fuse because it got put on the base, something bumped the start button with nothing in and it burnt out. I'd love to have someone show me how to locate that bit and replace it, but I dunno where to go for that.

Same with the 3D printer. I can afford one, but at this stage of life I'd rather someone give me a hands on run through and give me some of their wisdom from experience than me playing around and getting frustrated until I get it right.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

A Bambulab A1 Mini costs 200 bucks and churns out incredible prints with zero hassle. There's literally next to no barrier to entry anymore.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Isn’t that the company that requires subscriptions to use your own printer?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, they had really great printers, but they enshittified so much since then.

They try to cover it by tons of marketing and sponsorships, but the community doesn't forget.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Huh... I watched a basic review on it and that seems somewhat intriguing. It looked faster than expected, decent basic features, and he says parts availability is good. I may have to put this on the wishlist... Thanks for the tip!

[-] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago

I want to see more companies doing this.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

you don't need permission from the company to model your own replacement parts. It's nice if they provide the models but it's not necessary.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don't ask for permission to make my own parts. I do it all the time. What I mean is I want to see more companies proactively offering consumers replacement parts and design files that would otherwise not be available without good drawing and modeling skills.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The one that leaps to mind is Miele. You know, the $1400 vacuum cleaner people. So that's a little weird, but there it is.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Thats really cool, hope this becomes more of a trend

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I was thinking about 3D printing guards just the other day. It might be worth doing

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, half sizes are hard to find for a lot of clippers. Would be nice if more brands did this

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I need to, my partner knocked my Wahl off the cabinet and broke the guard, but I haven't printed anything in years and need to clean up/recalibrate my printers.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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