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You can still download and print designs, so its certainly not pointless
by johnandrews911 4y ago
You can still download and print designs, so its certainly not pointless
- spoonjim 4y agoI suppose, I just don't use it that way. Have never printed something that I downloaded except for testing purposes. I use the printer to make stuff that I need around the house, like a bracket to hold my electric toothbrush charger to the towel bar, etc...
- OJFord 4y agoI check for well-designed looking ones first though, if it's not extremely custom (like the razor holder I designed to fit my specific razor over the side of my specific mug-like bathroom holder thing). I found a nice looking bracket shaped specifically for my Bamix stick blender that someone else had designed, saved me some trial and error and time and filament. I found someone else's design for a Makita LXT battery fitting that I used as the base to prototype the inverse: I wanted a dummy battery shape that I could mount to the wall in order to hang my vacuum cleaner from it. I'm glad I can do some basic CAD / am willing to learn, but I've definitely got some use out of it with only a slicer. And then there are the people who only want trinkets anyway.
- dekhn 4y agoEverybody should print digital sundial (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1068443 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1068443) and watch escapement (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3364860 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3364860) and finish the escapement assembly. Those two projects made me realize that 3d printing can be a full time fun hobby for exploring all those things it would be too hard to machine in a garage.