/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2512154
>Now that they have the STL file they can get some company in China to injection mold these parts.
And as soon as you invest into their tooling, you restrict yourself to one supply chain. You can't keep anything a secret. As soon as your design gets memorialized like fucking Jabba the Hutt in titanium, mysteriously some random asshole that does quality control will slip in the shower, or a boat carrying some additive will hit a coral reef somewhere. And you're left with a bunch of worthless bullshit. Either you relocate the entire Chinese company, or you can outsource the toolmaking itself. They already invested in the tooling and QC for the Bambu for example, so you're basically hedging your bets if you use one to make your army dildoes.