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unit2981 t1_iuy0ihc wrote

Reply to comment by lughnasadh in Apis Cor may be America's most advanced 3D printing construction company, yet it is shunned by traditional capital markets; 8 years after being founded, it still relies on crowdfunding websites. by lughnasadh

I build home professionally and I have a 3d printer. In the amount of time site prep to get these things operating, we could have already framed and sheathed a house. Even with basic 3d printing, we need to level the bed and if it's out of level the print fails.

If I can just get some lumber and some guys, who don't care if the site is not level, and frame a house up in a few days. Why would I bother with getting a super expensive concrete jet and specialized know how.

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JessMeNU-CSGO t1_iuy6mnq wrote

Like most tech, the early stages are proving grounds on whether it's possible to do, now the challenge is feasibility in cost. The labor market for building homes is pretty one sided as well. Would it be fair to say the contractors who are actually on site doing the framing, putting sheathing, and hoisting rafters get less than $10 an hour in some cases? Don't get me wrong, I'm not personally attacking you or anyone who employs manual labor at such a low rate, but those costs place a strain on the working class. Technology was meant to make life more comfortable and accessible to the masses. I think that's the bigger picture here.

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