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Give 3D printers another 5 years of development and a lot of playfield plastics could become vastly easier to produce and obtain ... I'd say the future is quite bright for vintage machines in this regard, just no real cost effective solutions now.
Quoted from toyotaboy:This resin came out this past summer, which is tough (but only semi-transparent and blue tinted).. Though if you had a good model, this would not be a bad alternative if you have very badly cracked ramps:
http://formlabs.com/products/materials/tough/
Of course the limitation of formlabs is that the printers have a very small build area, so most ramps wouldn't fit.
Yeah, I know there are some options now, but not many outside of seriously expensive industrial kit, and most are fudges. Even 2 years from now I expect prices and features of hobby / semi-pro 3D printers won't look anything like they do now. Give it 5 and I think a lot of people will be very happy ... both replacing old stuff and prototyping new stuff should become immensely easier and cheaper.
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