11 hours ago
3D printing has become a hobby in its self
Used to be $1k for a decent printer now its a matter of hundreds for a decent sized printer.
It gets cheaper and better capabilities each year and the consumables are very affordable 20 to 40 dollars for a spool or pla fillament there are other materials as well and there are the resin printers just now become popular but you have chemicals and major fumes with that type, i use fff type fused fillament fabracation.
The great thing about 3D printers hobbists who have differnt printers can share stl files a universal file format each printer has its own slicer software to convert stl to its own file system.
Used to be $1k for a decent printer now its a matter of hundreds for a decent sized printer.
It gets cheaper and better capabilities each year and the consumables are very affordable 20 to 40 dollars for a spool or pla fillament there are other materials as well and there are the resin printers just now become popular but you have chemicals and major fumes with that type, i use fff type fused fillament fabracation.
The great thing about 3D printers hobbists who have differnt printers can share stl files a universal file format each printer has its own slicer software to convert stl to its own file system.