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Parents, teachers and students are often among the most excited at events where we present Shapeways 3D Printing<\/a> such as the recent Northside Festival<\/a>, Makerfaire<\/a> and the regular Shapeways MeetUps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"mailboxes\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

With all of the new DIY 3D Printers hitting the market many parents are keen to get their children started 3D printing but are reticent to invest (and assemble) a 3D Printer themselves.  When we explain the Shapeways process to parents they quickly see that Shapeways<\/a> is like having a 3D Printer in your mailbox<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

We are seeing an increasing number of students use Shapeways to 3D print their assignments, be they art, science, architecture and jewelry, either ordering independently to impress their teacher with high resolution 3D prints or as part of a class assignment, with the whole class receiving their 3D prints in a giant batch sent directly to their school. The benefit of the large order is that the shipping cost is shared among all students making it cheaper for all, especially for those in Australia, Asia, etc.<\/p>\n

We are looking for ways to make it easier for teachers, lecturers, students, parents to use Shapeways 3D Printing, if you have any requests please let me know duann at shapeways dot com.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, check out a few tiny mailboxes available on Shapeways.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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US104 – Public Mailbox set (H0)(price reduction)<\/p>\n

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$7.95<\/p>\n

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N Scale (1:160) mailboxes (Set of 12)<\/p>\n

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$9.00<\/p>\n

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Image mailboxes by Rick Payette on Flickr<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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