[gottebp]

Breville coffee grinders fall into this category, and were impossible to get OEM internal parts for. When mine failed a few years back, I designed a 3D printed upgrade for the main wear-part in their BCG800XL SmartGrinder and it was not too much extra effort to document it on iFixit[0] with ShapeWays[1] as an easy way to get the part. I think there is a lot of room to do this for all kinds of stuff that would otherwise go to waste, and make a little bit of passive income on the side (enough to cover coffee indefinitely in my case).

[0] https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/BCG800XL+Grinder+Jamming+due+to...

[1] https://www.shapeways.com/product/NASLAGCCP/impeller-replace...

[gibspaulding]

Favoriting your comment since I have that grinder. It hasn't failed yet, but this isn't the first time I've heard of that issue.

Do you by any chance sell the STL itself for those with access to a printer?