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Projects to build small machines (self.3dprinting)

submitted 1 year ago by knaak to c/3dprinting

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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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[–] MrSlicer 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's crazy expensive for a hobby printer. The cheapest ender 3 with abl is my advice. I've been running mine hard since 2018.

[–] overzeetop 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I agree. You can get a hobby printer for a couple hundred bucks. OP sounds more like they need an appliance, though.