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Originally Posted by bikerdude666
I'd have thought with modern 3D printers, it'd be easy enough for someone with CAD skills to draw up a 3D file, and then just print one as and when someone wants one, it's not like they actually protect anything form any heat.
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That is definitely the future for many harder to find components. I have a nodding Xmas reindeer which just needs a small plastic linkage to fix it. I searched everywhere to find the part, but could only find the software file to make it. Unfortunately I can't justify £2k+ to buy the printer. There is a huge market for young bloods who get into this now. Boeing just acquired a small Italian company who are printing turbine blades for jet engines. Amazing technology and it's here now for sure.