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It's hard for me to see the case for owning your own 3D printer, unless that's the hobby. There's no point in having the printer until I have something I want
by ipsin 11y ago
It's hard for me to see the case for owning your own 3D printer, unless that's the hobby.
There's no point in having the printer until I have something I want to print, if I want to print something, there are commercial services that can do it for me.
If I understand the pricing, I'd have to print a lot of pieces before a printer paid for itself.
- efnx 11y agoSometimes it's a matter of time, not money. If you're prototyping a complicated set of parts you'll quickly find that ordering parts from a service results in a days long development cycle instead of minutes. I print many small pieces each day and my designs change fast enough that ordering from a service just doesn't make sense.
- vdewillem 11y agoIf your ROI is very important, than letting someone print is probably the best way. Most 3d print owners print for other people and ask a small fee. Enough so they can buy materials in more colours etc. I make about 200$ revenue like that a year.