Costco on the East side

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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge

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Originally posted by terracore

the reality is that in the near future 3-d printers will be able to make just about anything.

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Exactly!
Can you imagine a medium scale industrial shop in Pahoa that could print replacement parts for weed wackers, cars, trucks, washing machines....

Or a bike/skate shop with a small commercial 3-D printer to make accessories customized by design and color? Kids could have a basic model bike or skate board made to their individual specs.

It would be a deterrent to theft as well, as stolen property would be easy to identify by the owner.

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The 3 D Printers may be on the island ready to manufacture products, BUT the materials will still have to be imported. Its like having a printer without the ink. The various kinds of plastics and metals used by 3 D printers are just not going to be found on the island. These materials, I suppose, could be imported in massive quantities to bring the material and shipping prices down, but you're still not going to have a totally "homegrown" industry on the Big Island unless someone comes up with a way of using lava as a material that can be used by a 3 D printer.

-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".