Early 3D Adopters: Who's Doing 3D Printing?

While Gardner characterizes Hudson's use of the CubeX as "just playing" (for now), it has started the wheels spinning for where this could lead in the future. "We have one customer talking to us about the first 3D printer they buy," he reveals. "It's an architectural firm. They are looking for a small, low-priced machine to do prototyping. We asked, 'Don't you want bigger build volumes? Higher resolutions?' They responded, 'Why would we when we can just come to you for those things?' It gave us a glimmer into what the path of the future might be."