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3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.

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Horribly inefficient party favors (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My daughter wanted a "Gorilla Tag" birthday. And my wife wanted me to print some party favors for the guest kids. Not my model, but they are churning out ok-ish.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Turns out that my 3d printer is mostly just a toy maker for my kids.

Honestly looking at 3d printer ads and their selling points I think the printer companies have figured that out too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, if you aren't a maker, then buying a tool like that rarely makes sense. Why buy a CNC mill if you won't ever have a project for it? Printers simply became popular and sound cool to everyone. So everyone gets them and only prints toys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah. Honestly this is one of those spaces where the product is being built first and the use case for it decided after for a lot of companies. I needed 3d printers when I was first getting into them but man my self built repraps sucked and now they are awesome and I don't need it at all.... Sigh.