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I sometimes use my 3D printer just so I can get the thing right now. For example, I once printed a small electrical box, the kind you can find for $2 in any har
by GuB-42 4y ago
I sometimes use my 3D printer just so I can get the thing right now. For example, I once printed a small electrical box, the kind you can find for $2 in any hardware store. Totally not worth it in normal circumstances, but it was Sunday, shops were closed, and I needed one, so I just printed it, and finished the job, didn't have to wait the next day.
And you got things wrong, 3D printers don't print bottlecap openers, they print little boats ;)
- alias_neo 4y agoI had to print some little "brackets" for the blinds in my daughter's room after she broke some (she's a toddler) and we needed to close them for bed time; Half an hour in CAD and another half an hour of printing a dozen of them, and now I can replace them any time they break. I also printed some curtain clips for my wife rather than drive to the DIY shop or wait for Amazon to post me some; Perhaps not cost effective, but better than driving a couple of miles for £1 of plastic clips? I have young children so I occasionally print aesthetic things, but as a rule, I reserve 3D-printing (or "printing" as my daughter knows it because she's never known printing to have fewer than 3 dimensions) for practical things. It's funny, my wife has never been on board with my hobbies so much as she is with 3D Printing.
- MikeKusold 4y agoAre you talking about those blue outlet boxes? If so, those provide a lot of fire safety that your 3D Print does not. You really should rip that print out of the wall.