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Diary with a 3D printer: time for conclusions

FDM printers such as this work by depositing material in layers and the biggest issue is that these layers are visible, to a greater or lesser extent, on the final product. This may not matter on prints that are purely functional, but what about where we are making models where appearance is everything? There are options

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