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For the same reason you will not be printing a mechanical watch: the device parts have a resolution that is measured in 1/100ths of a mm, no 3D printer that is even close to affordable can make parts like that. Besides that you will want your parts to be made out of metal powder to be sintered rather than plastic filament which is the material of choice for budget 3D printers.


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