Thing is, the orange parts are produced on a 3D printer, and 3D printers don't really produce volume manufactured quality parts.
They are primarily designed for producing 1 off prototype parts, and are just about good enough to do simple fit and function testing, to help prove an idea is viable before committing to large scale manufacturing investment, and not really for long term or high performance strength.
The material is not the whole story, the process the part is produced with is another factor, and the type of process Jonathon is using is not really a high strength process.
Not only that, but the cost of parts off a 3D printer is relatively high...so not the sort of process you'd want to make any volume of parts in either!
I'm sure final production parts will be machined from solid rather than printed!
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