Keywordsdistributed manufacturing; additive manufacturing; 3-D printing; consumer; economics; open-source; selective laser melting; laser processing; metals and alloys; mechanical properties; tensile properties; additive manufacturing; mechanical properties; customisation; selective laser melting; additive manufacturing; 3D printing; metal additive manufacturing; selective laser melting (SLM); direct metal laser sintering (DMLS); metal powder processing; Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM); 3D printing process; mechanical and dimensional properties; compression tests; Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS); statistical process control; compression modes; additive manufacturing; selective laser melting; alloy design; in-situ alloying; additive manufacturing; articulated robotics; coordinated manipulation; coordinated trajectory planning; manipulator control; direct deposition machine; scanner systems; metallic additive manufacturing; open source; 3D printing; RepRap; composite; manufacturing; Additive Manufacturing (AM); Selective Laser Melting (SLM); advanced structures; anti-ice systems; lattice structures; Design of Experiment; toy industry; additive manufacturing; 3D printing; consumer; economics; open-source; n/a