Comment on If you bought a 3D printer for personal use, was it worth it?
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Buying a 3d printer and learning CAD is unlocking a super power. You can put something from your brain into the real world. It’s great for hyper specific parts.
NoneYa@lemm.ee 3 months ago
This is the crazy part for me. Sometimes I’ll just sit there and stare at a part I designed and printed and just be in awe that this was in my brain a few hours ago and now I’m actually holding it in my hands. Well maybe not this exactly, but as close as I could come to what I was thinking of.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
That was blowing my mind the first time I printed a prototype. Still kinda does.
That and sharing models is great. Like I can literally download a physical object. Sure the printing is an extra step, but that’s still amazing to me 10 years after firing up my first printer.
NoneYa@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Have you printed the wrench that went to the International Space Station? That is a whole other level of mind blowing.
Like you can download the same file that was sent into Earth’s orbit and the same file that astronauts printed and used to make repairs up there.
I love to tell people that and people just can’t comprehend that we digitally sent a wrench into space lol
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yea I know, it’s great.
I didn’t because I didn’t need one, but printing bridging features in zero-G must be something else.
Resin printing in space would be such a mess though.