"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Rod Speed wrote:
The one experience I've had of 3d printers is some clips made for the
parcel shelf on the old Rover. The originals are plastic and break
after a few years. The 3D replacements after a few weeks. I eventually
made new ones from ally plate. Which are far stronger.

The better 3D printers can print metal objects.

Metal can break too.

But with something that was originally done in plastics, its very
unlikely that when done in metal properly that it will break.

The usual pot metal one you'd find for this sort of
thing wouldn't be any stonger.

Metal 3D printers don’t use pot metal.