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If you bought a 3D printer for personal use, was it worth it? (self.3dprinting)

submitted 3 months ago by werefreeatlast to c/3dprinting

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I was thinking about this question today as someone used our work printer for some personal stuff.

As for me, I am printing little things that I would say make it worth it. I've printed lens adapters for my camera for example. That's worth a good 14 to 30 bucks per print. My most favorite photo was with an adapted lens that came from a projector. I also printed IEMs and those things are worth it. Listening to music is second to none on those things. Plus I printed the same shell but for ear protection and again the fit is perfect and sure there's post processing to get smooth surfaces but in the end it looks like a professional made it. So I think 3d printers are worth it.

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[–] Ptsf 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not really. I purchased one with pretty significant maintenance/process requirements, had I gotten one a little more seamless (self leveling/etc) I think I'd use it far more often than I do now.

[–] BarbecueCowboy 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's almost definitely a pain in the ass, but you can probably add self leveling to your existing printer.

[–] Ptsf 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tried! Added one of those white barrel self leveling poke tools (can't remember specifically what they're called). It was a huuuuuge pain in the ass and only works about 50% of the time oddly, lol.

[–] BarbecueCowboy 1 points 3 months ago

Sounds like you're talking about a bltouch or a clone, they were in the market super early, I think they were one of the first.

There are more options out there now, but most do work on the same concept.