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Offline noisyturtle

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Can you help 3D print a Selectric Ball?
« on: Mon, 27 January 2020, 16:34:26 »
https://hackaday.com/2020/01/26/can-you-help-3d-print-a-selectric-ball/

posting this because I'd love to have a working Ball someday as well, perhaps someone here can help this man?
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Offline zslane

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Re: Can you help 3D print a Selectric Ball?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 28 January 2020, 12:00:31 »
I don't understand the point of that exercise. Selectric element balls are easily obtained via eBay and other sources.
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Re: Can you help 3D print a Selectric Ball?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 28 January 2020, 12:11:10 »
Quote from: zslane on Tue, 28 January 2020, 12:00:31
I don't understand the point of that exercise. Selectric element balls are easily obtained via eBay and other sources.

Because you can print out any type of font, character, whatever. If not you are limited to the selectric fonts available only.
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