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I am thinking about buying a 3d printer but I have no idea what I would do with it. I did some blender training and made a donut but it did not really inspire me.

I browsed thingverse and some other sharing sites. Nothing really caught my eye.

I think something that would are mechanical kits for making gears or small machines etc. Printing a mechanically true LS1 V8 for example kind of interests me.

Any thoughts to share?

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[–] tonystark29 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking about automating some little things around the house with 3D printed mechanisms and raspberry pis, such as opening the blinds automatically at a certain time. I would have to design and 3d print the mechanism to make it work. Just an idea.

[–] knaak 3 points 1 year ago